Sunni Arab Refugees from Iraq Not Returning

Many are traumatized, having seen horrific violence against neighbors, friends or family members. One fourth of the families applying for refugee aid reported having had a child kidnapped. Many have been personally threatened by militias who still control their old neighborhood. Sometimes the militias track them down in East Amman and threaten them again. Iraqi Sunnis do not feel safe returning to districts that are now largely Shiite. Mixed families feel ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
4.7
by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 26, 2009

Juan Cole's Informed Comment provides continuing details of events in the Middle East, even when mainstream corporate media has decided the short term profits of on the site reports no longer pay off.

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