Our nations finest works to make Iraq safe, and secure. Currently, families are allowed a firearm in the home for protection and now another step. I posted this because in all my time on THR I wondered how people would feel if we did not have our 2nd Admendment rights ,and had to rely on the government to give us our rights. These steps in Iraq are a postive move.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429841,00.html
Iraqi Government Allows Doctors to Carry Guns for Protection
Monday, September 29, 2008
BAGHDAD — Iraq's government is allowing doctors to carry guns to protect themselves from violence that has often targeted them since the 2003 war.
Authorities say each physician will be allowed to carry one weapon. The government's decision was announced Monday in a statement.
About 8,000 physicians have abandoned jobs at government health centers in the past five years. Most have sought refuge abroad, while a few hundred have left for the relative safety of Iraq's Kurdish region.
Their departure has further crippled a health care system plagued by corruption, mismanagement and a lack of equipment and drugs.
Since 2003, at least 620 Iraqi medical professionals, including 134 doctors, have been killed and many more threatened.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429841,00.html
Iraqi Government Allows Doctors to Carry Guns for Protection
Monday, September 29, 2008
BAGHDAD — Iraq's government is allowing doctors to carry guns to protect themselves from violence that has often targeted them since the 2003 war.
Authorities say each physician will be allowed to carry one weapon. The government's decision was announced Monday in a statement.
About 8,000 physicians have abandoned jobs at government health centers in the past five years. Most have sought refuge abroad, while a few hundred have left for the relative safety of Iraq's Kurdish region.
Their departure has further crippled a health care system plagued by corruption, mismanagement and a lack of equipment and drugs.
Since 2003, at least 620 Iraqi medical professionals, including 134 doctors, have been killed and many more threatened.