Violence forces 1,000 Iraqis a day to flee homes-U.N.

cal04

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Wed Oct-11-06 01:21 PM
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Violence forces 1,000 Iraqis a day to flee homes-U.N.

Over 1,000 Iraqis are fleeing their homes each day because of rampant violence, and revenge killings are "totally out of control", the U.N.'s top humanitarian official said on Wednesday.

Jan Egeland, U.N. Under-Secretary General, told a news conference that sectarian violence and military operations had forced over 315,000 to flee their homes in the past eight months.

"Some 9,000 have been displaced every week ... even worse, perhaps 100 people are killed every day," he said.

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The U.N.'s emergency relief coordinator appealed to ethnic and cultural leaders to see that "this has spiralled totally out of control...It has to stop."

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1507992006

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Wed Oct-11-06 01:29 PM
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1. kick

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Wed Oct-11-06 01:31 PM
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2. Hey Bush, when does the 2nd part of catastrophic-success kick in?

Edited on Wed Oct-11-06 01:31 PM by Jim4Wes

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Wed Oct-11-06 01:34 PM
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3. Ummmmm.....

This is probably a stupid question, but when is the rest of the world going to wake the fuck up and demand something be done?

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