Iraq: At least 100,000 children displaced due to sectarian violence

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.main/index.html

Ministry: Iraq families join exodus to escape violence

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes to escape the war and escalating sectarian violence in Iraq, the country's Ministry of Displaced Persons and Immigration announced Wednesday.

The ministry said the deteriorating security situation in Baghdad was primarily to blame for 53,788 families leaving their homes.

That means at least half a million people have been displaced since the February bombing of the Askariya mosque in Samarra, a holy Shiite shrine, as the average Iraqi family consists of eight to 10 members, the chairman of the Iraqi Red Crescent told CNN.

Among the displaced are at least 100,000 children, said Dr. Said Ismail Hakki, and a fifth of the displaced have fled during the last four weeks.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. bush would strongly disagree with that number, but if asked,

wouldn't be able to offer a different one.

[aquart]

2. And every one of them a potential terrorist.

The profile of a terrorist was published in The New York Times a decade or so ago. It had several components, but the two I remember are political instability and childhood illness. I don't think any of these kids is very healthy right now. Aside from the stress, they've had problems getting enough nutritious food and clean water.

So, thanks a bunch, George. These kids will never forget you. Or us.

We had no shred of a sliver of a right to do this to them. Any hatred they feel is completely justified. And anything they do......will anyone but us say they don't have the right?