Dårligt nyt fra Irak

Det skal det jo være når medierne rapporterer fra Irak. Intet er så godt, at det ikke er slemt for nogen. Bedemændene og graverne mister indtjening i takt med, at dødtallene falder:

NAJAF, Iraq — At what's believed to be the world's largest cemetery, where Shiite Muslims aspire to be buried and millions already have been, business isn't good.

A drop in violence around Iraq has cut burials in the huge Wadi al Salam cemetery here by at least one-third in the past six months, and that's cut the pay of thousands of workers who make their living digging graves, washing corpses or selling burial shrouds.

Dhurgham Majed al Malik, 48, whose family has arranged burial services for generations, said that this spring, private cars and taxis with caskets lashed to their roofs arrived at a rate of 6,500 a month. Now it's 4,000 or less, he said.

Ak ja, efterhånden kan man hverken leve eller dø uden at det er et problem.

(H/T Sandmonkey.)