and i thought there were problems caring for OUR wounded

(and of course there are problems caring for our wounded) but NOTHING like the care of wounded iraqi military.

military hospitals are now non-existant (they DID have them BEFORE we invaded the country). the wounded must pay for their own care (if any). doctors and other medical professionals are leaving the country at alarming rates (i just read somewhere - not in this article- how medical licenses are now being held by the government so doctors CANNOT leave).

sad sad sad conditions for all. us and them

For Iraqi Soldiers, A Medical Morass
Lack of Facilities Leaves Wounded To Seek Own Care


By Karin Brulliard Washington Post Staff Writer

BAGHDAD -- Mohammed Mizher Massen was a different man on the morning of Feb. 21. His muscles filled out his Iraqi army uniform. His posture radiated the confidence of a soldier who had helped capture insurgents. And his heart swelled: In a few hours, after his unit finished its shift guarding a Baghdad construction project, he was going to propose to his girlfriend.
Then the bomb in a cooking oil can on the roadside blew up, shredding his left leg and marking him with a constellation of shrapnel.
Now 1st Sgt. Massen, 22, is a one-legged man whose brothers carry him from his bed, where he has dreams of loud explosions, to his computer, where he researches prosthetic legs. He spends his $460 monthly soldier's salary on the $3,400 in medical expenses that he has accrued..............