Coffin Industry Booming in Iraq

[Barrett808]

Against a backdrop of almost daily bombings, shuddering explosions and US raids that claim the lives of innocent Iraqi civilians, the demand for coffins is so high and undertakers are burying bodies at a huge profit.

“The spiraling death rate in the country has definitely reflected positively on undertakers,” Mohammad Sakran, who owns a tomb in east Baghdad, told the London-based Al-Quds Press news agency.

“The tomb is running out of space,” he added, recalling that many of the Shiite casualties who were killed in deadly clashes between US occupation forces and militias of Shiite leader Moqtada Al-Sare had been buried in his tomb.

In the past, it was just a funeral here and there. But now dozens of Iraqis are laid to rest day in and day out with tombs bursting at the seams, said the news agency.

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http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-05/07/article02.shtml

[w4rma]

1. Jesus Christ. (nt)

[Zorra]

2. I wonder, how much cash have Bush, Cheney, and the neocons invested

in the funeral industry over the past few years.

I bet they are "making a killing".

[Double T]

3. You Don't Have To Stop And Wonder Why The US Is So Hated........

.....By The People In The Middle East Countries. I Wonder How Many Dead And Wounded Have Payed The Price For All Of This Deception On The Other Side; Bet The Numbers Are Staggering.

[LibDemAlways]

4. I'd gladly pay big money to hear

a reporter ask the chimp if he's proud that the only industry booming in Iraq is the funeral industry. I know it's the stuff of fantasies, but hope springs eternal.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. I'd match that!

[Southsideirish]

6. Freepers would never believe this as they only believe moronic right wing

sites. That's how they keep their mini-minds so tightly closed and ignorant. When they saw the source of this article they would just say its a LIE.

[daleo]

7. Bizarro Bush world foreign aid.

Rev up the funeral industry, and everything else follows.

[Geo55]

8. Globalization folks !......

Yah, that's the ticket.....git sum 'Muriken coffins over there!!!

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. Anyone ever check to see if Halliburton profit from coffins?

It would fit into the closed circle of build and destroy.