{"id":1853,"date":"2007-02-27T13:17:04","date_gmt":"2007-02-27T17:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2007-02-27T13:17:04","modified_gmt":"2007-02-27T17:17:04","slug":"what-the-bush-administration-owes-iraqs-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=1853","title":{"rendered":"What the Bush Administration Owes Iraq’s Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Noah Merrill, Electronic Iraq<\/em>, 19 February 2007<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The United States has announced that it will accept 7,000 Iraqi refugees who have fled their country’s catastrophe. In addition, the US will be contributing $18 million toward the the $60 million UNHCR is trying to raise this year to support Iraqis who have been internally displaced as well as those forced to flee to other countries in the region, most notably Jordan and Syria.<\/p>\n

These steps, small as they are, are welcome. But the nature of this offer, and the comments surrounding it, highlight fundamental deficiencies in the approach of those in the US government most involved in addressing this crisis. <\/p>\n

[Read the report<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Exodus’ of Iraq’s ancient minorities
\nBy Patrick Cockburn, The Independent<\/em>, 26 February 2007<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Iraq’s minorities, some of the oldest communities in the world, are being driven from the country by a wave of violence against them because they are identified with the occupation and easy targets for kidnappers and death squads. A “huge exodus” is now taking place, according to a report by Minority Rights Group International.<\/p>\n

[Read the report<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Water shortage leads people to drink from rivers
\nReport, IRIN, 20 February 2007<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

BAGHDAD (IRIN) – Umm Muhammad Jalal, 39, starts every day walking to a river 7km away from her temporary home in a displacement camp on the outskirts of Fallujah, 70km west of the capital, Baghdad. Because of severe water shortages, she and many others make the daily trip to the river to collect water for all their needs.<\/p>\n

“For the past four months we have been forced to drink, wash and clean with the river water. There is a dire shortage of potable water in Fallujah and nearby cities,” Umm Muhammad said.<\/p>\n

[Read the report<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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