August 26, 2006 Weary Iraqis Face New Foe: Rising Prices By DAMIEN CAVE New York TimesBAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 25 — For Mehdi Dawood, Iraq's failures have leached into the cucumbers, a staple of every meal that now devours a fifth of his monthly pension.
political chaos causes economic chaos, which causes political chaos, while the IMF helps keep the ball rolling... -- Jim Devine / "Self-exhaustion in war has killed more states than any foreign assailant." -- BH Liddell Hart.
