The "Situation"

[Ghetta Life]

Remember "The Situation" in V?


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Iraqis like to call this mess 'the situation.' When asked 'how are things?' 
they reply: 'the situation is very bad.' What they mean by 'situation' is 
this: the Iraqi government doesn't control most Iraqi cities, there are 
several car bombs going off each day around the country killing and injuring 
scores of innocent people, the country's roads are becoming impassable and 
littered by hundreds of landmines and explosive devices aimed to kill 
American soldiers, there are assassinations, kidnappings and beheadings. The 
situation,  basically, means a raging barbaric guerilla war. In four days, 
110 people died and over 300 got injured in Baghdad alone. The numbers are 
so shocking that the ministry of health -- which was attempting an exercise 
of public transparency by releasing the numbers -- has now stopped 
disclosing them.

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