...stage for a 'police state" run by the United State?
GENEVA - Unrelenting violence and insecurity in Iraq could cause as many as 1 million Iraqis to flee their homes this year, the world's migration body said Friday.
"The numbers of people that are being displaced are increasing every day," said Jemini Pandayar of the International Organization for Migration. "The security situation is not improving. It's not changing."
Washington announced it will allow about 7,000 Iraqis into the United States this year — up from 202 in 2006 — and will pay more to help Iraq's neighbors cope with the surge of refugees.
And so, now we have created still another problem for millions of innocent people. By now we all know that Bush does not plan to leave Iraq anytime soon. It appears that by the time he leaves office, we'll be so deeply entranched in 'occupation" there will be no immediate way out..
Would you allow potentially thousands more refugees into the U.S.?
2007-02-16
02:05:07
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(Geneva article, cont'd)
The possibility of neighboring countries, such as Syria, closing their borders would mean even more of the displaced would only be able to get as far as other parts of Iraq.
On Thursday, the U.N. refugee agency appealed to the European Union to do more to protect refugees fleeing Iraq, saying the war was the cause of the biggest displacement of people in the Middle East in recent history.
2007-02-16
02:07:18 ·
update #1