But things are going great. We’re making progress. Riiiggghhhttt! I find it hard to believe Iraqis are happy we invaded their country to bring them democracy. I’m just not buying it. And the worse things get, the more dangerous it will be for our troops.

Iraqi children are most at risk from the mounting crisis, the joint report says

Up to eight million Iraqis require immediate emergency aid, with nearly half of the population living in “absolute poverty”, according to a report by Oxfam and a coalition of Iraqi groups.

About four million people are lacking food and “in dire need of different types of humanitarian assistance”, said the report, released in Amman on Monday.

“Iraqis are suffering from a growing lack of food, shelter, water and sanitation, health care, education, and employment,” said the report, compiled by Oxfam and the NGO Co-ordination Committee in Iraq (NCCI).

The report also says two million people within the country are currently displced, while more than two million are refugees.

Most of those refugees have fled to Jordan and Syria.

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