Iraq, Disasters Timeline Legend
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Food, drugs run short in Sadr City  Red Cross: Weeks of fighting have destroyed the main market and isolated civilians from supplies of food and water   Human rights groups see disaster in Iraq  As the war reaches its 5-year anniversary, two of the humanitarian groups issued extensive reports describing a crisis of huge proportions Iraqi asylum seeker numbers jump  An increase in Iraqi asylum seekers in 2007 has contributed to the reversal of a downward trend in asylum applications to developed countrie... Gulf War illness 'chemical link'   Washington: There is evidence linking chronic health problems suffered by the veterans to exposure to pesticides and nerve agents   Helicopter crash raises death toll  Baghdad: The 2 coalition service members were killed and 12 were hurt in a helicopter crash Dam 'at risk of collapse' Map of Mosul Ninawa Iraq  Northern Iraq: The largest dam in Iraq is at risk of an imminent collapse that could unleash a 65ft wave of water on Mosul, a city of 1.7m people U.N.: Cholera outbreak  Northern Iraq: More than 2,000 Iraqis have contracted cholera as the result of poor water quality. 5 deaths reported and 500 patients admitted to hospital Copter crash blamed on mechanical failure. Northern Iraq   Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers  Northern Iraq: 2 UH-60 Black Hawks were on a night operation when one of the aircraft crashed. The U.S. said the crash was not the result of an attack Frantic hunt in bomb rubble   Northern Iraq: Rescuers are digging through rubble to find survivors of four bombs that killed at least 200 people Millions flee 'worst ever' floods Third of Iraqis 'need urgent aid'  The government was failing to provide basic essentials such as water, sanitation, food, and shelter to up to 8 million people Unicef appeal for Iraqi children Red Cross: Iraq situation ever-worsening  The security in some places has improved as a result of efforts by U.S.-led multinational forces Plane crash kills 30 Turkish workers  Sunni Triangle: Antonov-26 departed from Adana, Turkey, and went down in heavy fog about 1.6 miles northwest of Balad Soldiers' bodies recovered after crash. Western Iraq   UK troops attacked after copter crash

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Southern Iraq: Crowds of Iraqis attacked troops with rocks and Molotov cocktail after a military helicopter crashed

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