Iraq unrest forces 65,000 to flee (and the rate is increasing)

[Barrett808]

Iraq unrest forces 65,000 to flee
By Andrew North
BBC News, Baghdad

At least 65,000 Iraqis have fled their homes as a result of sectarian violence and intimidation, according to new figures from the Iraqi government.

And the rate at which Iraqis are being displaced is increasing.

Figures given to the BBC by the Ministry for Displacement and Migration show a doubling in the last two weeks of the number of Iraqis forced to move.

There has been a sharp rise in sectarian violence since the bombing of an important Shia shrine in February.

This triggered the current tensions between the country's majority Shia Muslims and minority Sunni Muslims, and hundreds of people have since been killed.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4905770.stm

[CoffeeCat]

1. I'd like to see media interviews with those among the 65,000....

I'd like to hear what these people have to say.

Reporters need to be tracking down these people and reporting on the TRUTH, as told
by these people.

We supposedly went to Iraq to bring "freedom" and "democracy" and people are running
from it, in droves.

How much more of a glaring failure can this atrocity be?

[fishnfla]

2. The next wave of immigrants

How many Vietnamese ended up coming here after we screwed up their society?

[bdamomma]

4. yes Vietnam another place we

broke and never fixed.

[Roland99]

3. Saw a photo this morning of a child in a tent city *IN* Baghdad!

"We're making progress."


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