Already deprived Iraqis facing sharp cut in food rations

43% of Iraqis are already living in absolute poverty. Dahr Jamail reports from Iraq that the Iraqi government intends to cut rations in half in January 2008 because the increase in price in food stuffs has greatly outpaced the increase in workers' wages. This move will terribly affect most prominently Iraqi children, already suffering badly.

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