Picture of the Day - 2
This is the third "displacement camp" picture I've come across. The first and second were of a Shia camp and Sunni camp.
This third picture is of a Shia camp outside Baghdad which is receiving security and some services from Sadr.(photo - AFP - Ahmad al-Rubaye.)
More troubling to me is this BBC article which cites 65,000 current refugees, and then continues, "Figures given to the BBC by the Ministry for Displacement and Migration show a doubling in the last two weeks of the number of Iraqis forced to move."
This is the beginnings of ethnic cleansing, a key step in the establishment of territoriality before an open civil war.
posted by mikevotes at
9:48 AM
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Yes, the demographic shift is an important indicator of long term civil strife.
CSM reported about 6600 families displaced.
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Bravo 2-1, at 10:02 AM
The BBC report is from the same report. They got the 65,000 figure by multiplying 6600 families by the avg. Iraqi family size, the same method by which the 35,000 figure was reached ten days ago.
It's still pretty small at this point relative to where I think its going, but it is obviously increasing, and this is the kind of thing that will always take place largely under the headlines until suddenly we have roads full of refugees or attacks upon defenseless refugee camps.
Thanks for the link, by the way.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 11:52 AM
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