Baghdad: 6 million people, 117 degrees and no water
Bob Morris @ Aug 4th 2007 00:04 - Category: Unfiled
And very little electricity. Without electricity, water can’t be pumped.
Article 59 [of Geneva Conventions (1949) to which the U.S. government is a signatory] states: “If the whole or part of the population of an occupied territory is inadequately supplied, the Occupying Power shall agree to relief schemes on behalf of the said population, and shall facilitate them by all the means at its disposal.”
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