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The Long War Journal has a gallery of photos from the Sayafiyah Combined Medical Engagement (CME) clinic.
The CME was set up as an outreach program to provide needed medical care and help establish Coalition forces as an agent of goodwill amongst the people in Sayafiyah and Al Sur. The 5/7 Cav has conducted numerous CMEs [...]
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On January 9th a new Iraq War mortality study was released by the New England Journal of Medicine. This study represents the third major attempt to count Iraqi deaths since the start of the war. Iraq Body Count was the first attempt, counting the number of deaths published in news reports. The operators of Iraq [...]
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Health workers in war-torn countries often have the skills and wealth to leave their homeland for greener (or at least safer) pastures abroad. Iraq is no exception; according to some unverified numbers, half of Iraqi doctors have fled the country since 2003 and those remaining live in constant danger. Their fears are not unfounded. In [...]
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Security at Iraqi hospitals is provided by the Facilities Protection Service (FPS), the security wing of the Ministry of Interior. Officially a 4,000 strong force created to free up coalition forces from static building protection duties after the looting in Baghdad, by 2006 it had reportedly bloated to over 145,000 men. Furthermore, around the [...]
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