Iraq’s Oil Money Not Buying Health Care

When Millions From Oil Flow Out Of Iraq Every Day, Why Are So Many Citizens Suffering?

(CBS)  In the five short minutes it takes Dr. Haider Rashid to examine a patient, Iraq will have pumped more than a million dollars worth of oil - more than $300 million worth every day, CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports.

But you wouldn’t know it looking at the dingy emergency room of the Kahdimiyah Hospital.

U.S. Army doctors say it’s one of the best in the city - yet it lacks the most basic supplies.

“I am talking about IV fluids - I’m talking about strong antibiotics,” one doctor said in English.

Anaesthetic is also lacking. One man had his foot stitched up with nothing to kill the pain but his son’s embrace.

“How do you reconcile the fact that we know that Iraq has many billions of dollars of oil money waiting to be spent?” Palmer asked.

“I don't know how to answer that,” the doctor said. “I don't know.”

Bassim Sharif does. He’s a Member of Parliament on the Health Oversight Committee.

“There is a corruption in Iraq and the corruption is widespread,” he said.

But corruption is only part of the problem. Political in-fighting also is squeezing Iraq’s health budget -- so much that only $68 was available per person.

Compare that to, for example, $650 per person in Mexico and $2,547 in the United States.

“We used up our whole drugs budget in the first six months of this year,” Bassim said.

In Khadimiyah Hospital, a young girl is rushed in - wounded in a mortar attack.

But security has improved so much that war trauma patients like this are now the exception.

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Blog: How lacking Baghdad hospital care touched a CBS News producer

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But the beds are still full, and medical staff who thought better security would let them deliver better care are bitter.

“I am so hurt that my patients are suffering and can't do anything for them for lack of simple things that are available in every country in the world,” one doctor said.

Simple, critical things doctors know Iraq’s oil money could so easily buy.

[vietnam21]

goverments corruption.

[photogeezer]

So? America''s drugs, porn, weapons and lobbying money isn''t buying health care.

[mcv57]

To the International Tribunal Court:
You can add "rape and plunder" to the Bushwacker''s long list of international crimes.

[yongamerica]

does this sound anything like the book Animal Farm?

[ioweign]

Iraq''s Oil Money Not Buying Health Care

When Millions From Oil Flow Out Of Iraq Every Day, Why Are So Many Citizens Suffering?

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Sound familiar ??

[beehive21-2009]

Don''t feel bad ,now you know how we feel, here in America as ChevronTexaco bends us over ? Fear not they are going to report record profits and you can multiply, that x 2 or 3 to get the real # s ?

[ponco seno]

No health care? Sounds like the good ole USA is showing them how to run the country!


posted by shammock112 at 08:48 PM : Jul 08, 2008




LOL - WE SHOULD PAY FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE, MORE THAN HALF THE PATIENTS ARE WAR CASUALTIES

[fixhist]

"Iraq%u2019s Oil Money Not Buying Health Care
When Millions From Oil Flow Out Of Iraq Every Day, Why Are So Many Citizens Suffering?"

The notion that, Millions From Oil Flow Out Of Iraq Every Day goes li''l bit deeper than present times.

If I had to say,this had been going on well before Iran/Iraq gulf war.

Decision makers of destiny & well being of Iraqis were not kind to People of Iraq. While it will go beyond my apprehension to name,the names of wrong doers.
But,I do know that, whom ever tried to take initiatives to protect human rights of Iraqis,he was ridiculed,blamed,tormented & and those fancy words in line with this type of condem-nation,refer Li''l Oxford dictionary.
One example, possibly so obvious is George Galoway Oil for food was tyranny than,now it is death for Oil.

But, we must respect the veteran-ary International Politics & International Relations Henry Kissenger.

He is of the opinion & precption & rightly so,
That, Plight of Iraq might have been seen very bad,But good thing is regional players are engaged in dialogue, Thats How NWO will take shape.

So, where is the problem in understanding?,that the New World Order will cripple small & Big Governments alike,to surrender their National aspirations, or face devastation.

"That is the unipolar world power concept is all about", Do you think American single moms are getting any good package, I don''t think so.

[trishab4]

CBS: %u201CThere is a corruption in Iraq and the corruption is widespread,%u201D he said.

But corruption is only part of the problem. Political in-fighting also is squeezing Iraq%u2019s health budget -- so much that only $68 was available per person.

-I suggest Dr. Haider Rashid, to ask the Million dollar Iraqi propsectors searching the North American States and Canada for deals in Real Estate, in properties for sale and other commercial opportunities. There is a lotta money flowing into Iraq from USA, mainly over the Army, but thare are more flowing out of Iraq, a blessing of the European and North American Governments/organizations...

[kissamaarse]

Of course its not buying anything for the Iraqis. Who really thinks that Bush went into Iraq for any other reason than to benefit the Big 4 Western Oil companies? And who thinks that McCain want to keep American forces in Iraq for 100 years for any other reason than to guard Big Oil?

[kissamaarse]

Of course its not buying anything for the Iraqis. Who really thinks that Bush went into Iraq for any other reason than to benefit the Big 4 Western Oil companies? And who thinks that McCain want to keep American forces in Iraq for 100 years for any other reason than to guard Big Oil?

[liberalme]

They still don''t have water, they have about 4 hours a day of electricity--looks like they were better off under Sadam than Bush!

[liberalme]

And we American taxpayers are paying Billions of our hard earned tax dollars to rebuild their self destroyed country, yet we have disgraces like Katrina that Iraq should be helping pay for, instead of giving it to Bush, and Cheney, and their buddies in the oil cartels..................Doug


Posted by az97202 at 08:29 PM : Jul 08, 2008

They didn''t destroy their country--it was done for them, they had no choice.

[randynason]

It''s sad that our country is such a freaking ****. We have the potential to be great, but settle for less than mediocre. We settle for evil. It''s ironic that we run around the world chasing terrorists, when WE ARE the terrorists.

[lemonskink]

It''s paying for something...or someone. That''s for sure. Watch in about seven months in Crawford when the announcement is made that Bush is on the board of some major oil companies along with Cheney. Sick people die in the US everyday without healthcare, so what else is new?

[setumstrt9]

It''s obvious the war must be going very well. CBS and the rest of you crazy libs must bring up the Iraqi health care system to find something to talk about. If that is the only item that needs to be corrected, we have truly won the war against terror. Let me guess, now Obama is going to fix the Iraqi health care system.

[irliberal]

It''''s obvious the war must be going very well.

Posted by setumstrt9 at 10:25 PM

What planet are you from and where have you been for the past 6.5 years?

The war "stopped going well" shortly after Bush hung mission accomplished sign on that carrier. It''s been downhill ever since.

It doesn''t matter if, tomorrow, Iraq has 100 model citizens and begins to repay its debts. The failure is 5.5 years old already. That particular humpty dumpty fell off the wall 5+ year ago.

Everything since then has just been rethugnicans using sophistry to save face.

Of course it hasn''t worked, but it''s amusing to watch nonetheless.

[liberalme]

It''''s obvious the war must be going very well. CBS and the rest of you crazy libs must bring up the Iraqi health care system to find something to talk about. If that is the only item that needs to be corrected, we have truly won the war against terror. Let me guess, now Obama is going to fix the Iraqi health care system.


Posted by setumstrt9

We will have won nothing at all in Iraq--Bush doesn''t have control of the oil yet--that was the only thing the terrorist in the White House wanted to win.

Why would anyone like you be concerned with the well being of anyone? You have the typical repuklican conscience!

[wogerwabbit]

This whole war is a scam perpetrated by the best con artists that money can buy. Nowhere, nohow, does the common person anywhere on this planet benefit from any of this chest pounding and war profiteering supported by our government today. Look at you right wing pinheads in here... divided we fall, the end times... and you fell for it, and worship it and pray for it and our country''s so screwed because of it. There a quote from sombody from years ago that I heard once and it kind of stuck with me... suicide is the most severe form of self criticism... and that''s what you''re doing... and taking the rest of us down with you. Your mother must be proud of you.

[sgtrds10-4]

Bassim Sharif does. He%u2019s a Member of Parliament on the Health Oversight Committee.

%u201CThere is a corruption in Iraq and the corruption is widespread,%u201D he said.

Well at least they learned something from the Bush administration. How to steal their own people''s money.

[sgtrds10-4]

Of course its not buying anything for the Iraqis. Who really thinks that Bush went into Iraq for any other reason than to benefit the Big 4 Western Oil companies? And who thinks that McCain want to keep American forces in Iraq for 100 years for any other reason than to guard Big Oil?

Posted by kissamaarse at 09:23 PM : Jul 08, 2008

This war is what it''s always been, a war to make rich people richer, even at the cost of the blood of tens of thousands Iraqi civilians and of more then 4000 of our troops. This war is and was about blood money alone.

[wardoglrs]

The forefathers would be ashamed with what we have put up with for the last 95 years the voters are to blame for this they are the ones who put these Neo Cons in office then they point there finger at them..
Hypocrites.. All who voted these people in you should be ashamed of all the people that have been killed by you yes you yea ***

[hungry1968]

Why should they when the American tax payers are providing ALL of their health care costs for them?

Nice, huh?

The Iraqi''s can have universal health care, courtesy of the American taxpayers, but the American tax payers can''t.

[cbville70]

Nancy Naive: The name pretty much speaks for itself.

IRLIBERAL: Yes you liberal....and stoopid.

ainttaken: You aint smart either.

SRGTRDS10-4: Youre a punk and a crybaby. 10-4 overand out.

WogerWabbit: Liberal weet@rd

Thanks for the conspiracy theories and all the "everything is the neocons fault" rants. You are all living examples of the importance of furthering ones education. Otherwise (as you have all demonstrated with your nonstop a$$inine posts) people will know you lack intelligence.

hope this helps.

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[occams_taser]

Well they''re a lot like the USA then. Bush taught them well. Americans die every day due to lack of healthcare, 3000 to 20000 every two months depending on who is estimating. Kills way more Americans than either Bush or Osama.

[annia1233]

and it is not buying us stability in the oil market. It seems that Bush did not plan a good strategy here. "Look Daddy, I am finishing what you started!, Look mommy, I am like daddy! are you proud of me?"

[cbville70]

DISGUSTING! You are doing our troops a DIS-SERVICE LIB-MEDIA!!!

YOU SHOULD BE FOREVER ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!


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Posted by globalcool08 at 11:38 PM : Jul 08, 2008

Amen brother. This site is overrun by libs. Their like cockroaches. I don''t even bother trying to argue with them. I just kind of blast them a little bit to kind of "thin out the herd".
I really hope they are kids posting for fun and not adults.

[cbville70]

America has not been attacked since we became proactive in the war on terror.

[sgtrds10-4]

To Al Queda and all other Islamic terrorists in Iraq, indeed it is.

Posted by globalcool08 at 11:40 PM : Jul 08, 2008

Iraq did not attack us and there was no al-qaeda in Iraq until after our invasion of them. Even then the so-called al-qaeda in Iraq is nothing more then Iraq rebels trying to kick us out who have associated themselves with the real al-qaeda that did attack us on 9-11 to give themselves some credibility. None of which changes the fact that Bush invaded Iraq because war is very profitable for those who bought and paid for his election. This war never was and still isn''t about fighting Bush''s "war on terror".

[oneworldusa]

The US govt has $2,500 for me for healthcare? Where is it?

[andor3]

interesting to see how agitated the conservative crowd gets when light is shined on their dimwitted notions of war and glory and "fighting terror." The truth is painful sometimes...

[floydzepp2]

DISGUSTING! You are doing our troops a DIS-SERVICE LIB-MEDIA!!!

YOU SHOULD BE FOREVER ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!

Posted by globalcool08 at 11:38 PM : Jul 08, 2008

Amen brother. This site is overrun by libs. Their like cockroaches. I don''''t even bother trying to argue with them. I just kind of blast them a little bit to kind of "thin out the herd".
I really hope they are kids posting for fun and not adults.

Posted by cbville70 at 11:51 PM : Jul 08, 2008
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Boo hoo hoo. The RINOs screeched and shouted down everybody who questioned their motive for 6 years and when it get thrown back into their faces they cry like sissies. Too bad.

[floydzepp2]

interesting to see how agitated the conservative crowd gets when light is shined on their dimwitted notions of war and glory and "fighting terror." The truth is painful sometimes...

Posted by andor3 at 03:57 AM : Jul 09, 2008
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Then they cry, "boo hoo hoo! It wasn''t our fault!" Except they were all about claiming the credit when things were looking rosy for them. What a hoot.

[oneworldusa]

Iraq''s oil money is also not funding the cost of its citizen''s ''freedom'', either. Bush said Iraqui oil would pay for its independence, so, where is it? Who''s keeping the books on this one? Oh, I know, I heard a few guys from Enron were looking for new jobs a few years back.

[bluestardad]

well american money isnt buying health care at home either!

[jjp735i]

"the IRAQ government said no hard timetable for troop to leave .....Posted by demslie2u at 07:59 AM

Um, read the story next time. "The White House said Monday it did not believe al-Maliki was proposing a rigid timeline for U.S. troop withdrawals" not the Iraq government.

[wogerwabbit]

Democrats Hate FOX News because millions of American have chosen %u201CFair and Balanced.%u201D

Posted by demslie2u at 07:59 AM

LOLOLOLOL!!!

[Gary Kempf]

So what is Iraqs oil paying for????

[omega39-2009]

The US govt has $2,500 for me for healthcare? Where is it?

Posted by OneWorldUSA

John McCain is going to give it to you as a tax credit.....right after he gets your employer to drop your coverage.

[Gary Kempf]

The US govt has $2,500 for me for healthcare? Where is it?

Posted by OneWorldUSA

It was probably lost in the Medicare Scam submitted by dead doctors.....

[singingrick]

demslie2u


Do you have any specific problems with the information presented in this story? If so, what? Do you dispute the facts? Which ones?

[docpeter-2009]

Posted by navpro at 08:35 AM : Jul 09, 2008, "So what is Iraqs oil paying for????"
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The Bush, Cheney, Scooter, Rove retirement plan. These guys really planned ahead because they knew they would be out of office some day.

[xmanborg]

I saw this last night on CBS and its Pathetic. One WEEKS oil supply and IRAQ could have 7 state of the art hosipitals spread across the entire country. 300 million dollars per hosipital sounds like a great investment for the future. Somebody has to sell these New Hosipitals new X-ray, Cat-Scan and other high dollar stuff. What a great source of revenue for some US companys.

Dont let the Bush Administration be involved in any aspect of this because they will over charge and mis-manage the entire process. The Bush Administration are PROs at doing this.

[xmanborg]

Also do not award any contracts to HALLIBURTON or any company that is in bed with the current administration.

[rwassel]

"Otherwise (as you have all demonstrated with your nonstop a$$inine posts) people will know you lack intelligence."

Posted by cbville70

Yes, because YOUR post with name-calling was sooooo profound. Thanks for the brilliant insights, Professor.

[rwassel]

America has not been attacked since we became proactive in the war on terror.

Posted by cbville70 at 11:56 PM : Jul 08, 2008

No, we''ve just had our economy crippled. Were you living in a cave when the terrorists said they would not attack us physically, but instead attack us where it matters most - by waging war on our economy? I''d say, with almost a trillion dollars being flushed down the toilet in Iraq by our president, and our country in the depths of recession, they''re winning that one, sport.

[rwassel]

"America has not been attacked since we became proactive in the war on terror."

Posted by cbville70 at 11:56 PM : Jul 08, 2008

We were also not attacked from 1994-2001. So you would agree, then, that Bill Clinton a great job as well? Last time I checked 9-11 happened on GWB''s watch.

[mrkuren]

Why is it that there are intelligent people in the States (millions of them) who disagree with the current administration, and complain non-stop about W''s war machine. Where were all these people when he got "elected" a second time? Where was all this common sense when you had an opportunity to PREVENT this *** from happening. I am Canadian and have been steadily loosing faith in my southern neighbors since I learned to read. For a country which goes on and on about freedom, most Canadians are shocked at how little freedom you guys actually seem to have. I wish things werent like this, America should be setting an example for the rest of the world. Its really a shame.

[ramos937]

During a recent hearing, Senator Leahy asked an Iraq general why the maliki government did not provide decent conditions for the Iraq people out of the billions of oil money. The blunt reply was, "why should we, as long as you are willing to do it". That was the final nail. Let''s get out regardless of what someone else thinks.

[lochlan-2009]

Where were all these people when he got "elected" a second time? Where was all this common sense when you had an opportunity to PREVENT this *** from happening. I am Canadian and have been steadily loosing faith in my southern neighbors since I learned to read. For a country which goes on and on about freedom, most Canadians are shocked at how little freedom you guys actually seem to have. I wish things werent like this, America should be setting an example for the rest of the world. Its really a shame.

Posted by MrKuren

When you saw the numbers come up that Kerry "lost" by a few thousand votes. The intelligent people were the ones who put him within that close distance. Unfortunately, I guess their are more morons in this country then educated voters. The Bush Regime also have one HELL of a propaganda machine going on not only here in the U.S. but around the world.

Personally, my wife and I were in Britain (looking to flee the ignorance) during the 2004 election. We voted with an absentee ballet just to make sure there were two more votes against this crime ring. Then we flew over and got to hear how stupid and hypocritical the rest of the world REALLy thinks America is.