‘Steady, silent exodus’ of refugees fleeing Iraq

[boise1]

Thousands leaving daily as sectarian violence continues, U. N. agency says

Reuters

GENEVA - Thousands of Iraqis are fleeing the country every day in a “steady, silent exodus” and a spike in sectarian violence has stopped others from returning to their homeland, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.

More than 50,000 exiled Iraqis returned from neighboring countries last year in the hope that calm might return after the country’s first post-war elections in January 2005.

That number has fallen to 1,000 this year.

“Far more are leaving,” Ron Redmond, chief spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told a news briefing in Geneva.

“Many of them are moving on to other countries in what could be termed a steady, silent exodus.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15247511/

[leftchick]

1. anyone ask the chimp about this the other day?

I didn't think so.

[filer]

2. I hope Riverbend was one of them...

and that we'll hear from her again someday from a safer place.

[smirkymonkey]

3. I wonder what the problem is?

:shrug:

[tanyev]

4. There's the master plan.

Create so much chaos that everyone packs up and leaves, ExxonMobil swoops in to get all the oil. Mission well on the way to Accomplished.