A nation in ruins 2,000,000 Iraqis now live outside Iraq, according to UNHCR 12,000 doctors have fled Iraq since the war began. Another 2,000 are said to have been killed, and at least 250 kidnapped 50% Average inflation in 2006, according to the World Bank 6.3 hours of electricity daily in Baghdad in December 2006. In May 2003 there were 16-24 hours 32 percentage of people in Iraq with drinkable water 3,700,000 Iraqis now receive food aid from the UN World Food Programme 16% Proportion of Iraqis who said in January that their income meets their basic needs ————— Four years ago this Tuesday, George Bush began his ill-fated Iraq campaign. Today’s news that the US is sending an extra battalion to Baghdad will push troop levels to 160,000 – 10,000 more than at the time of the invasion US troop levels in Iraq are set to rise higher than at any time since the war began four years ago, The Independent on Sunday can reveal. This summer, troop levels will top 160,000 – compared with the 150,000 there were at the time of the invasion. As Britain […]