Fear breeds poverty in Iraq's Sadr City - 10 Feb 08

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The statistics on violence and security in Iraq have improved slightly over the last year, but basic living standards are still sliding daily.

The worst hit areas are those where service providers are unable or afraid to work.

One of the poorest areas in the capital, Baghdad, is Sadr City. Once a slum area under Saddam Hussein, Sadr City is now a stronghold for the Shia militia, the Mehdi army.

Hoda Abdel Hamid reports on people living on the edge of the overcrowded borough, home to two million people driven to increasingly desperate measures by poverty.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: February 10, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Length: 00:02:37
Rating: 4.87
Views: 6174

Tags: aljazeera hoda abdel hamid iraq

Video Comments:
hugsnkissesxo1 (September 20, 2008 at 6:58 pm)
Fuck you
sterneis1 (May 14, 2008 at 11:14 am)
PLEASE READ:
oof..you americans,fighting is just too easy if you have a nice home somewhere to go to.
dont tell me people should have remorce for those,what the f***are you guys doing to this country,what?
this are the lifes you destroying!this man has nothing..and you guys took everything away..and like him from many.what for,tell me!
bboyJIZ1 (June 19, 2008 at 8:29 pm)
hey, the people of america have nothing to do with the war. Its the GOVERNMENT of the U.S that makes the decisions. We dont like our tax dollars going to shity countries that cant govern themselves!!!
sterneis1 (June 20, 2008 at 5:21 am)
what do you mean? the people of america have nothing to do with this situation?
how much can you deny your involvment,you guys elected bush (twice!)
its the american flag,the soldiers wearing on their uniform.
its the american people who dont stand up to bush,to say,youre a liar and invadet&destroyd iraq only for oil,for your own pockets...

sorry,but your only another sheep on the field,not looking up and just caring about your taxmoney!
sweettums69 (September 24, 2008 at 5:30 am)
fuck u you guys are just mad cause of the freedome we get bitch you mother fuckers are so desperate you fucking crash into the world trade center hahaha thats not gonna stop us bitch
sterneis1 (September 25, 2008 at 12:01 pm)
yeah right freedom my ass.
stupid asshole.
dont worry,china soon gonna stop you...bitch.
dernspooge (May 14, 2008 at 3:48 am)
i'm not a killer. i've never killed anyone. i'm a radio operator. i haven't done or said anything to cause anyone's death. maybe i volunteered to be here on two seperate occasions as a self-sacrifice so the draft isn't used to ship you ungrateful children to a war we don't need to be in.

you're welcome, kid. there WILL come a time when you want to thank us and we'll spit in your face just like your kind did when troops came home from vietnam. you're a hippie. through and through.
sterneis1 (May 14, 2008 at 11:09 am)
dont worry we all kill some one along the way...
Hollander909 (May 12, 2008 at 9:57 pm)
american soldiers dying out there to enforce a miserableocracy regime that leads to mass poverty homelessness desolation
thats gotta be depressing
sterneis1 (May 14, 2008 at 11:19 am)
that country... was yours actualy