Reuters: Thousands flee as Iraq violence deepens

[Eugene]

Reuters photo

Thousands flee as Iraq violence deepens

By Ahmed Rasheed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Iraqis have fled their homes in fear of sectarian
violence that has worsened since formation of a U.S.-backed national unity government two
months ago, official data showed on Thursday.

A day after the United States issued a stern warning to both Shi'ite and minority Sunni
leaders to match talk with action on reining in "death squads" and "terrorists" from their
respective communities, the Migration Ministry said more than 30,000 people had registered
as refugees this month alone.

"We consider this to be a dangerous sign," ministry spokesman Sattar Nowruz told Reuters,
acknowledging that many more people fled abroad or quietly sought refuge with relatives
rather than sign up for official aid or move into state camps.

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Full article: http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1055972006

[niceypoo]

1. Freedom is on the march.....

....

[Pryderi]

7. Freedom is running in terror

[Maestro]

8. That was my first thought as well.

I fail to see how things are getting better in Iraq and expect to the kool-aid drunks, it is plain to see that the Middle East has become much less stable since the PNACers took control of our government.

[niceypoo]

23. But, but.......

what about all of the GOOD NEWS from Iraq???

[Kikosexy2]

11. and the Anti-Christ (Bush)...

is really alive and well and living in the White House...let the rapture begin..

[SammyBlue]

16. Yeah, but Theocracy and Anarchy is in control. eom

[peacetalksforall]

2. Will the PNAC government of the U.S. allow us to open our arms to

these people?

Maslow's heirarchy. Any government that denies basic needs of humans in their policies is not human.

The soul of PNAC - death destruction lies deception theft vile intention torture torment contempt for total ownership and control inhuman objectives.

[Tin Man]

3. Huh? the <bold>Migration Ministry?<bold> Does anyone else find that odd?

"A day after the United States issued a stern warning to both Shi'ite and minority Sunni
leaders to match talk with action on reining in "death squads" and "terrorists" from their
respective communities, the Migration Ministry said more than 30,000 people had registered
as refugees this month alone."

I wonder if the Migration Ministry has a Department of Ethnic Cleansing?

[Recursion]

9. Oh, that's a Britishism, I think

I did some translation work for some UK NGO's years ago, and refugees were all called "migrants". I thought it was odd and asked my POC about it; she said that's the "official" language for it in the UK. I'd assume England left a pretty big stamp on Iraq's form of government, so they ministries are probably organized and named on those lines.

[Tin Man]

13. Thanks for the translation...

Now I understand why they elected to go with "Ministry of Migrants" - sounds better than "Ministry of Refugees".

[Recursion]

14. Well, they probably called them...

"al-waziiri al-ladajii" ( وزارة اللاجىء ) but kept the big sign in English from the British days...

[babylonsister]

4. The I/P/L mess is sure providing a fine distraction. nt

[JNelson6563]

22. I was thinking the same thing.

*sigh*

[Thoreau-Ly]

5. "A Dangerous Sign"

Um, yeah, that really huge blinking neon sign, that one that has been going off since the Pentagon, State Department and CIA warned about exactly what is happening now?

We've reached a turning point. 'Cept we forgot to turn. Hello, cliff.

[Thoreau-Ly]

6. The Definition of Civil War

Says nothing about "in every way but name only" and doesn't include "low-grade."

Civil war, a war between different sections or parties of
the same country or nation. http://dict.die.net/civil%20war/

[Frank Cannon]

10. You'd need a PhD in chaos to mess things up this badly

How long will it be before the American Pravda media FINALLY admits there's a civil war going on there, while at the same time they say no one could have predicted it?

[PurityOfEssence]

26. Well, Junior DOES have an MBA

Which in his case stands for Maniacal Blowhard Asshole.

[zippy890]

12. kick

This is so bad

:-(

[uppityperson]

15. kick for the Iraqis, mostly people mostly just like us

[karlrschneider]

17. "a dangerous sign" ??? Gee, ya think?

:eyes:

[katty]

18. Freedom to run out of your OWN occupied country!

[wordpix2]

19. add to this 500,000 Lebanese & Israelis who've fled, I'm depressed & dis

heartened. Bush's "world leadership" is an embarassing disaster. :cry:

[MGKrebs]

20. Very bad in many ways.

All those people abandoning their homes. What happens while they are gone? The empty neighborhoods become more territory available for the fighters. Will the owners ever get their homes back? Or even their property if the building itself is destroyed?
What do they do while they are gone? How can they not be bitter?

[donkeyotay]

21. Bush is a deeply religious man who cares a great deal about

embryos. Killing people and creating refugees is not something he concerns himself with.

[Felix Mala]

24. Time to send in Condi... that'll fix everything

[boilinmad]

25. why,why,why.....

...wont they stop with all the negative reports, and tell us of all the good, happy things that are happening in Iraq????:sarcasm:

[twaddler01]

27. Might as well just make Iraq the land of terror

Things are so much better than they were before Saddam /sarcasm.