WTF Is It Now?!?

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Oil flowed from Iraq's southern oilfields today for the first time since the country was invaded by Bush Cartel-led forces, a U.S. military spokesman said. "Slowly but surely things are coming back on line," Lt. Col. Ed Worley told Reuters at U.S. Central Command war headquarters in Qatar.

.....meanwhile.....

Cholera and typhoid epidemics are suspected in Baghdad, where more than 80 percent of the city remains in darkness, with no clean water.

Fifty- to 60 percent of the children brought in for treatment at the city's Al-Iskan children's hospital were suffering from dehydration and diarrhea caused by bad sanitation and water, said Dr. Ahmed Abdul Fattah, the hospital's assistant director.

Doctors suspected hundreds of the children had cholera and typhoid, but with no labs fully working, and most U.N. health workers having fled, hard-pressed physicians said they could only treat the cases, not confirm them. Other wards held listless children with sunken eyes. Some suffered from stomach infections caused by unclean water, draining fluids from their bodies. "An epidemic," Fattah said.

"We suspect it's cholera, but can't test, because we have no lab facilities left," said acting director Dr. Gassim Rahi Esa. "Thanks to Smirkco Centcom letting the looters run riot for a week. But hey, looks like I'll be able to get the ol' grill powered up this weekend! Woohoo!"

Doctors also were treating increasing cases of typhoid, the children's hospital said.