Iraq unrest forces 65,000 to flee

[kpete]

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

Thousands are living in camps, while others are moving in with relatives
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.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4905770.stm

[Jacobin]

1. Oh, now they are 'free' from their homes

Still waiting for the pundits to wish that Saddam was back in power and to say it OUT LOUD.

[tjwash]

2. Iraq. pffffft. That's soooooo 2005.

Our time is coming in this country. This clueless cockiness that we have, is going to bite us in the ass real soon. People here are so damn disconnected and isolated from everything that is happening out there, that it goes beyond sad. It is absolutely pathetic.