Wednesday, January 02, 2008

A Microscopic Insurgent

Op-ed by Mark D. Drapeau
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/opinion/04drapeau.html

Cholera is a real danger in Iraq with at "least 30,000 Iraqis [having displayed] cholera-like symptoms"

Cholera is spread through untreated water, insurgent areas have less treated water creating poor areas, poor areas breed more insurgents, insurgents make having treated water more difficult, untreated water creates poor areas...

And it doesn't help that insurgents are using chlorine trucks as weapons.

My question is why U.S. and Iraqi authorities don't wage a bigger propaganda campaign on how insurgents are hurting Iraqis more than Americans.