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15 May 2006

By Fredrik Dahl

BAGHDAD, May 15 ( Reuters ) - Malnutrition among Iraqi children has reached alarming levels, according to a U.N.-backed government survey showing people are struggling to cope three years after U.S.-forces overthrew Saddam Hussein.

Nine percent — almost one in 10 — of children aged between six months and five years, suffered acute malnourishment, said the report on food security and vulnerability in Iraq.

“Children are…major victims of food insecurity,” it said, describing the situation as “alarming.”