Money gone, Iraqi refugees forced to go home

[Contrary1]

...or as Bushco will put it: "Many good Iraqi citizens are now returning to their homes. This would indicate that the level of violence is subsiding. And so, our stratergy is working. God bless Murika".

Many reluctantly leave safe-havens of Syria, Jordan to return to 'death row'

"DAMASCUS, Syria - Their money gone, Iman Faleh and her family packed their belongings to reluctantly return to Baghdad — a journey they said was like going to "death row."

The religiously mixed family — Iman is a Sunni Muslim, the others are Shiite Muslims _ fled their home in a mostly Shiite part of east Baghdad in July and took refuge in Syria, joining an estimated 1.5 million other Iraqis here.

But in early fall, they became part of a growing wave of Iraqis leaving Syria for home, not because they are confident of Iraq's future, but because they ran out of money.

Others are returning because the Syrians have made it more difficult to stay. Most Iraqis cannot work legally in Syria and survive on savings or handouts from relatives.

"Going back to Baghdad means going to `death row,'" said Iman's 27-year-old son, Zaid, as he hauled luggage from the family's US$1,200-a-month apartment in Damascus. "But we have no money left that could allow us to go on living here."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21387023/

[OneBlueSky]

1. I wonder if any of us can appreciate the depths of despair . . .

of these people, and in fact of the entire Iraqi population . . . all caused by an illegal invasion and occupation that just goes on, and on, and on, with no end in sight . . .

[madokie]

3. only the afflicted can,

I want to see the perpetrators of this atrocity held responsible. the Iraqi people never harmed us an any way shape or form

[NNN0LHI]

2. I bet these people won't be throwing any roses at our soldiers

Or dancing in the streets either.

Don

[malaise]

4. I wish all that is horrific for George Bush and his goons

I hope I am alive to see the wrath of nature descend on these villains ;puke:

[Toots]

5. America brought thousands of Vietnamese to America to escape their plight

Why have we not brought a single Iraqi to America?

[Robbien]

6. I was wondering if situations such as this were happening

Naive me, I use to think that refugee camps were free or almost free until a previous article brought up the fact that refugees in Syria and Jordan have to pay their own way. The other article also mentioned that visas to those countries are only being granted for short periods of time to Iraqi refugees.

No wonder most Iraqis have chosen to stay in Iraq even though they are in serious danger.