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The people of Anbar hoard food in fear of a sudden change security
Alsumaria News
See the cities of Anbar province a big increase in the prices of foodstuffs amounted to three times the price that prevailed a week ago, the rush of hundreds of citizens in the cities of Anbar province, to buy food and stored with the holy month of Ramadan and also for fear of the outbreak of armed violence or exit events Suddenly, new in the coming days, they said.
Saw the shops food wholesale and sold food, beans, flour and other basic foodstuffs removable storage Wholesale and retail, high demand this week after demonstrations in the cities of Anbar province and other provinces want to improve the living conditions and reduce the prices of some basic foodstuffs, especially flour, which residents complain Anbar Shehta in their markets from rising prices.
Says Omar Mohammed teaching at the University of Anbar: afraid of the Declaration of any curfew sudden or out of any demonstration against the government, local or central, we may be witnessing violence in the event we expect at any moment the center of Anbar, demanding officials to reduce food prices, and also provide job opportunities for young people in the province where the unemployment rate up to about 80% against or in favor of making the Anbar province as well as the holy month of Ramadan.
Speaks of the people of Anbar, about the possibility of transmission of a scenario of events in Tunisia, Egypt and Syria, to Iraq, Anbar province, specifically, because they had suffered and continues in all areas because of the problems taking place in Anbar province between supporters and opponents of making the Anbar province and the resulting dimensions of political, economic, security and clan in the province.
Said Ali Ibrahim, a university graduate is unemployed 30 years old: I do not know what will happen exactly, but a lot of people think gray to provide food and store it so as not to face difficult circumstances.
And see the city of Anbar, about three weeks ago a tight security cordon at all the hot spots and the other as well as a rise in the number of militants and wanted those who are arrested with increased checkpoints run by the joint forces of army and police, generating fears of security operations are witnessing a new Anbar against insurgents , and therefore resort to the people of the city to store food.
For her part, Ms. Um Khaled, a housewife: The most housewives Aqubln to buy dry storable for a long time, such as beans, rice and some canned goods for fear of the security situation as well as appetite month of Ramadan.
Saw the wholesale shops in the cities of Anbar, a high turnout of citizens to buy what they need from food, leading to higher prices in markets, street Anbari confused.
Meanwhile, a member of the Anbar province, Mullah flowered Khadr's (the future of Iraq): The rising food prices is only the exploitation of opportunities for political and security of Anbar by the dealers at the same time denying the existence of any confusion.
He added that rising food prices during the current week are large and unexpected is exploited by traders and no more, exceeded the price of a pack edible oil, which was sold for 1,500 dinars to reach in some markets to three thousand dinars, and the price of a bag of flour from 10 thousand to 35 thousand dinars and a bag of sugar from 48 thousand dinars to 63 dinars, as well as rising food prices and the other taking advantage of the holy month of Ramadan, and fear people of a state of confusion of political and security situation in Anbar.
He called on Mullah traders in the province to help their children and not to exploit these conditions, indicating that the deployment of security comes because of the presence of demonstrations during the last two weeks criticizing the performance of the Anbar province and demands of providing job opportunities and the elimination of unemployment.
Under these conditions have increased fuel prices soared as it has reached a liter of gasoline to 1,000 dinars in the face of rising temperatures in the summer and the solution was the month of Ramadan and the lack of electricity make the lives of citizens more difficult in the conditions began very difficult and especially the middle class and poor government support was absent.
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