Guardian: Refugees in their own land: 2m Iraqis forced to flee their homes
Nearly two million Iraqis have become refugees in their own land in the past year, redrawing the ethnic and sectarian map of Baghdad and other cities, a report by the Iraqi Red Crescent said yesterday.
In Baghdad alone, nearly a million people have fled their homes.
Last month saw the sharpest rise so far in the numbers of Iraqis forced to abandon their homes – 71.1%.
Posted on September 20th, 2007 at 11:49am under Chicken Nuggets, Iraq
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