(UN humanitarian chief) Egeland: Killings out of control in Iraq

[Barrett808]

Egeland: Killings out of control in Iraq
By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer

WASHINGTON - The United Nations humanitarian chief said Friday that sectarian killings are "out of control" in Iraq, with about 100 deaths a day and civilians fleeing neighborhoods and towns because of the cycle of Sunni-Shiite reprisal attacks.

The United Nations estimates that at least 320,000 people have left their homes in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion, some for temporary quarters elsewhere in Iraq, some for Syria, Jordan and other places, Jan Egeland said.

"That is not irreversible, but the longer it goes, the more you cement the situation," Egeland said in an interview with The Associated Press, citing experience from the Balkans, Lebanon and other ethnic and religiously driven conflicts.

The figure of 100 violent deaths a day comes from checks of morgues in Baghdad and elsewhere by the U.N. and other aid groups, he said.

"The violence has come completely out of control, with revenge killings in so many areas," Egeland said. The numbers, he said, tell the story of "how much the civilian population is suffering, and how important it is now to appeal to everybody who can stop it."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_un_iraq

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[leftchick]

2. Israel had its share of humanitarian issues this past summer

starting with at least a thousand dead Lebanese and the use of DU and White Phosphorous. The regions you mention have not decimated a population on such a large scale in such a short amount of time with gruesome space age weapons that wipe out hundreds of civilians at a shot.

Apples and oranges.

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[leftchick]

6. "you're" kidding

and no I am not

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[brentspeak]

10. *choke*...*gasp*...!

"The regions you mention have not decimated a population on such a large scale in such a short amount of time with gruesome space age weapons that wipe out hundreds of civilians at a shot."

One of the regions the other poster mentioned was Darfur, where an estimated 400,000 people have died since the beginning of the conflict there, with the Arab Jangaweed notching about 100,000 victims on their belt.

When you said "apples and oranges", you were more correct than you intended.

[Megahurtz]

7. Whatever......

the important thing is to bring the all of the Troops home. Enough is enough!

>>The numbers, he said, tell the story of "how much the civilian population is suffering, and how important it is now to appeal to everybody who can stop it."<<

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9. Mr. Egeland seems to have a knack for the obvious. nt