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Continuing violence boosts funeral industry in Baghdad :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq - it

Continuing violence boosts funeral industry in Baghdad :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq - it: "Back in Saddam Hussein's time, coffin maker Abdul-Wahab Khalil Mohammed used to sell one or two coffins a day at US$5-US$10 each. Now he produces an average of 15 to 20 coffins a day and charges $50-$75 for each one."

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