Political struggle and poor security have seriously dented the reconstruction efforts. Lacking reconstruction, the infrastructures destroyed during and after the war could not be repaired and restore the normal operation.
Just like what Sharif complained, the basic services, such as water, food, sanitation and electricity, have not met the lowest levels of life requirements.
A report by the International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday that the humanitarian situation in Iraq is among the worst in the world.
It said Iraqi hospitals are among the hardest hit, with less qualified staff and insufficient equipment. Meanwhile, poverty makes it hard for the most of the Iraqis to resort to expensive private clinics.
In Iraq, families usually with only one earner have to spend a third of their monthly income of roughly 50 dollars on clean water.
As the reconstruction is far laggard, the reconciliation between Iraqi Shiite and Sunni is too intractable to deal with.
The US announced early this year that violence has dropped by 60 percent since last June and has been urging Iraqi parties to reach reconciliation to make the security gain sustainable.
A string of key laws with an aim of close ranks, including releasing prisoners and holding provincial elections, have been passed.
However, despite the series of moves, Iraqis have no confidence of a real reconciliation.
"To us, what the Sunni and Shiite negotiators, including officials, did about reconciliation is nothing but talks and slogans," said 27-year-old Ahmed Mohammed, who was forced to flee his house with his family in 2007 because of sectarian violence.
