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| A child lies injured in a car bomb attack in Doura. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber |
Iraq's ruinous wars, crippling sanctions and ongoing violence have had a devastating effect on children. Shootings and bombings have killed, injured and orphaned thousands, but the biggest killer is illness transmitted through unclean water and exacerbated by under-nutrition.
- One in eight children dies before their fifth birthday.
- Nine percent are acutely malnourished - double the number before the U.S.-led invasion.
- Hundreds of schools have been attacked and teachers killed.
- Unexploded ordinance and mines litter the country.
- Children are injured on dumps looking for metal to sell to help support their families.
