Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Iraq - Empty wards in Baghdad hospital offer hope

From Reuters no less.

"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A row of beds lies empty in the emergency ward of Baghdad's Yarmouk Hospital. The morgue, which once overflowed with corpses, is barely a quarter full.

Doctors at the hospital, a barometer of bloodshed in the Iraqi capital, say there has been a sharp fall in victims of violence admitted during a seven-month security campaign.

Last month the fall was particularly dramatic, with 70 percent fewer bodies and half the number of wounded brought in compared to July, hospital director Haqi Ismail said.

"The major incidents, like explosions and car bombs, sometimes reached six or seven a day. Now it's more like one or two a week," he told Reuters."


Think we'll see this on the BBC? Nope. Instead you get this.

Why don't we hear about Ramadi from the BBC anymore? Here's why.

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