When the primary preoccupation of average Iraqis is when and how they are likely to be killed. we can hardly feel smug as we hand out care packages. As an Iraqi man told us a few days ago with deep resignation. "We need security. not free food." Even if we assume a decline in violence. in certain regions in Iraq it is far from clear that increased U.S. troops are responsible. There are over 2 million refugees that have fled Iraq. Internally displace persons are estimated at 2 million and are increasing by 80.000 to 100.000 each month. At that rate. Washington. DC would be empty by March. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees found that 63 percent of those displaced moved because of threats to their security. Sixtynine percent left homes in Baghdad. Baghdad is undergoing sectarian cleansing.
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