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Iraq slums surge amid growing lawlessness, poverty

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The number of slums in Iraq has increased in recent years due to lawlessness and growing poverty.
Nearly 10 percent of Iraq’s population lives in them.
The government says half a million houses and makeshift shelters have been built illegally, along with shops and business premises.
Al Jazeera's Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports from Baghdad.

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World
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Al Jazeera, Iraq, Poverty
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