One out of five Iraqis is a refugee, U.N. says

[sabra]

Source: Azzaman

An international conference on the plight of Iraqis displaced in the years since the U.S. invasion says there is little hope at the end of the tunnel for millions of Iraqi refugees.

The conference organized by the Ministry of Immigration and attended by U.N. Refugee Agency estimated that about five million Iraqis are now refugees out of a population of more than 25 million.

Conference experts said more than 1 million Iraqis had fled the country in the four decades of the rule of former leader Saddam Hussein and his Baath party.

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The return of relative calm to violent areas like Baghdad for example was good news, the experts said.

But they added the government was doing almost nothing to help those willing to return.

Read more: http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2008-07-09%5Ckurd.htm

[Robbien]

1. This is what GOPers consider a win in the war on Iraq?

Having a permanent low-wage labor pool made up of refugee Iraqis must be what they consider winning.

[LynnTheDem]

2. 1 million in 40 years under Saddam Hussein; 5 million in 5 years under George MFer bUsh.

Yet again, George W. bUsh out-Hussein's Saddam.

USA1 USA1 USA1

[LeftishBrit]

3. This is tragic...

and we caused this (USA and UK). It is heartbreaking. It will take a long long time to get Iraq back to anything like even it imperfect state under Saddam - if it ever does.

Fuck Mad King George and Benedict Arnold Blair, and may their consciences be forever haunted by what they have done.

[bemildred]

4. The ones that are still alive, that is. nt