DYING FOR LACK OF MEDICINE
A 2-year-old Iraqi child has had diarrhea
for 20 days; Basra (video)
UM RADA (Mother of Rada)
A mother who lost 9 relatives
when the U.S. bombed a civilian
shelter in 1991; Al-Ameriyah (video)
DEFYING THE EMBARGO
Voices in the Wilderness delegate
Joe Zito of Tacoma hands (embargoed)
pencils to a Chaldean priest; Basra
BEGGING FOR CHANGE
These children tugged at our clothes to
beg for money; unheard of in Iraq
before 1991; Baghdad
CROWDING IN INTENSIVE CARE
Two infants are placed in one incubator,
sealed with tape and full of flies;
Baghdad
COST OF LIVING
Bert Sacks of Seattle buys falafel--
pennies to us, a week's salary
to some Iraqis; Bagdad
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