Iraqi doctors in al-Anbar province warn of a new disease they call "Blackwater" that threatens the lives of thousands. The disease is named after Blackwater Worldwide, the U.S. mercenary company operating in Iraq. Full Story »
Posted by Melva Hackney
The story of an acute form of malaria breaking out in Iraq includes allegations that the US and al-Maliki occupation government are suppressing news of the outbreak as they suppressed news of the earlier cholera outbreak. The Iraqi sense of irony in calling it blackwater disease spices up the story.
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