Food shortages hit Iraqis

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=642980

Iraq is suffering a shortage of state-supplied wheat, sugar and rice because of logistics and security problems, officials and traders say.

Most Iraqis, already in the grip of a fuel and electricity crisis, have depended on monthly rations since the Saddam Hussein era under a system meant to lessen the crushing impact of the 1990-2003 sanctions that helped destroy the economy.

"We have been warning Iraqi officials for months that Iraq was heading for shortages. They insisted on middlemen and companies that cannot deliver," a market insider said on Wednesday.

"They blame security. But there are 1,000 trucks that enter Iraq from Jordan every day alone and yet wheat shipments sit in the port of Aqaba for eternity."

Food is still available on the market, but the prices of some staples have doubled as government warehouses run low on stock.

[Ilsa]

1. "Let them eat pork, and drink beer" the Bush Crime Family says

during another holiday barbeque at the pig farm.

[whistle]

2. What about the oil for food program.....ooops, that was 20 months

...ago when Saddam was still in charge, now it seems that with the U.S. military and private contractors running things in Iraq, Iraqi Freedom will be allowing Iraqi citizens to starve. Is that the way BushCo planned this military adventure to turn out?

[Moderator]

3. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1095061

[Ilsa]

4. Okay, okay, yes, I'm horribly embarrassed

by my nation's policies and conduct. I think W should fast for however long it takes to get them the food they need.