AMMAN: The wretched living conditions of some two million people in Iraq’s second largest city of Basra, which is under siege by American and British troops, is bleeding the hearts of relief agency workers here.
They said thousands of civilians, especially children already facing severe malnutrition, were in grave danger of dying as one in four people were reported to be drinking sewage-contaminated water for the past six days.
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