From Reuters
Alertnet:
BAGHDAD, July 31 (Reuters) - Raging sectarian violence has pushed up the number of refugees in Iraq by 20,000 in the last 10 days alone, the migration ministry said on Monday.
I think we can remove all doubt as to whether this is a civil war.
The story continued.
Some 27,744 people have fled Baghdad alone in the past five months. More and more houses are boarded up in the capital and many shops in once bustling commercial districts have shut after being threatened with violence or attacked.
And it just went on like that. Paragraph after paragraph of tragedy after tragedy.
I swung by Iraq Daily to find some more information about the refugees announcement. But then I looked at the headlines. There were four of them.
#1: Bus Filled With Iraqi Soldiers Bombed
#2: Series of bomb attacks kill more than 40 in Iraq
#3: Iraq power supply improves but corruption continues to thrive
#4: Gunmen abduct 26 in 'safe' area of Baghdad
It just doesn't stop. And now Bush is going to send more troops. Or, technically, not "send more" but just order the ones who are already there to stay longer.
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What a fucking mess.