Iraq Displacement II
WaTimes – An issue I have been watching –
In the three weeks from March 22 to April 15, the number of displaced people tripled from an estimated 23,000 to more than 69,000 people, Mr. Hakki said. By yesterday, the number had topped 80,000.
According to the Iraqi Red Crescent’s latest report, 7,056 Shi’ite families and 2,860 Sunni families were displaced, with each family representing eight to 10 people.
Look for things to get very ugly with the displacement camps segregating and insurgents instigating conflict along cultural divides. This kind of stratification serves as a superb recruitment tool for non state actors.
Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, spokesman for the Multi-National Force-Iraq, said…”We are talking with the Iraqi government to alleviate the problem. The key issue is to continue to develop the Iraqi security forces and peoples’ confidence in their ability.”
Wrong. The key issue is providing security. Getting lost in how we want to bring that about is indicative of a doom loop.
-Shlok
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