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Inside Iraq
Iraqi government mismanagement
The treasury is brimming with petrodollars but life for ordinary Iraqis remains bleak.
Last Modified: 01 Jul 2008 13:22 GMT

Child mortality, illiteracy and poverty are on the rise
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Life for most Iraqis has become a nightmare.

Unemployment, child mortality, illiteracy and poverty are on the rise. Clean water and electricity supplies have become a luxury for most people.

Many are getting desperate and have resigned themselves to a bleak future.

Ironically, the Iraqi treasury is brimming with billions of petrodollars.

Is this just a case of incompetence and mismanagement or is the problem simply too big for the Iraqi government to handle?

Should Nouri al-Maliki's government seek the expertise of international organisations?

Our guests this week are Hans von Sponeck, a former UN coordinator for Iraq, Dr Said Hakky, the president of the Iraqi Red Crescent, and Jane Arraf, a former CNN Baghdad bureau chief.

Watch part one of this episode of Inside Iraq

Watch part two of this episode of Inside Iraq

This episode of Inside Iraq aired from Friday, June 27, 2008
Source:
Al Jazeera
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