Amidst unemployment and impoverishment, Iraqis now face a cutting down of their monthly food ration – much of it already eaten away by official corruption. "It is impossible for 80 percent of Iraqis now to buy the same items they used to get from the previous regime’s food rations.”

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Amidst unemployment and impoverishment, Iraqis now face a cutting down of their monthly food ration – much of it already eaten away by official corruption. "It is impossible for 80 percent of Iraqis now to buy the same items they used to get from the previous regime’s food rations.”

Authors Bio:

OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.

Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.