By and large, Saddam's Ba'athist government didn't discriminate against the country's minorities; indeed, Iraq's veteran Foreign Minister, Tariq Aziz was the most visible of the country's Christians. Today, barely 400,000 remain, with church leaders claiming that organised ethnic cleansing is taking place, unchallenged.

But he explained, "[O]ur target is not the Christians, but all the atheists and agnostics still in the closet who are still pretending, still playing the game, still putting up a facade."

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Children born to single moms tend to be poorer, less well-educated, and more likely to drop out of school, form addictions, and fall into crime than those from intact families.

Second, married people live longer than single people -- ten years longer in the case of men, and four years longer in the case of women. The children of married couples tend to live longer also than the children of mothers and fathers who are now single or remarried.

Children born to single moms tend to be poorer, less well-educated, and more likely to drop out of school, form addictions, and fall into crime than those from intact families.

Second, married people live longer than single people -- ten years longer in the case of men, and four years longer in the case of women. The children of married couples tend to live longer also than the children of mothers and fathers who are now single or remarried.