Document #1084921

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Iraqi government making progress on security

http://www.rferl.org/reports/iraq-report/default.asp

ecoi.net description:
The huge increase in sectarian violence in the country, following the attack on the Al-Askari Mosque in Samarra on February 22, has forced thousands of Iraqis flee their homes, with many moving to the relatively secure Kurdish regions in the north to escape the bloodshed, according to Iraqi government sources and international humanitarian organizations. The Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration reported on September 28 that nearly a quarter of a million Iraqis have been displaced since the Samarra attacks
Country:
Iraq
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Published:
6 October 2006
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/reports/iraq-report/default.asp
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1084921 (former ID 58598)

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