Juan Cole/Informed Comment: April 6, 2005 (Part 1)

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Services Have "Gotten Worse"

A returning aid worker for the AFSC says of Iraq:
Finally, the city grew too dangerous for Westerners and they left, concerned that they were putting not only their lives in danger but also the lives of the Iraqis that they interacted with.

McDowell's job had been to assess the conditions in Iraq and see how humanitarian resources were being used, as well as to work with new Iraqi non-governmental organizations and help with larger projects such as water sanitation.