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27.09.2007 Irakilaisten tekemien turvapaikkahakemusten määrä teollisuusmaissa on lisääntynyt vuoden 2007 ensimmäisellä puoliskolla 45 prosenttia viime vuoteen verrattuna, kertovat YK:n pakolaisjärjestön julkaisemat tilastot (pdf).

25.09.2007 The Iraqi refugee crisis is reaching breaking point, with help from the international community "seriously inadequate", says a new Amnesty International report.

24.09.2007 As Iraqis leave their war-torn homeland in droves, the pressure of refugee resettlement has shifted from Iraq’s neighbors to industrialized countries farther afield, new statistics show.

20.09.2007 A social justice organization is launching a new campaign to press for the $720 million the United States spends each day in Iraq to be redirected to fund human needs at home and "real solutions" in Iraq.

18.09.2007 An estimated 1.2 million Iraqis have met violent deaths since the 2003 invasion, according to a new study.
From AlterNet

18.09.2007 Irakilaisten lasten vanhemmat odottavat kauhulla uuden kouluvuoden alkua, sillä turvallisuustilanne koetaan kautta maan kehnommaksi kuin koskaan. Pelkkä astuminen kotoa kadulle voi koitua kohtalokkaaksi.

14.09.2007 PROVIDENCE, Sep 13 (OneWorld) - Observers of the situation in Iraq lashed out at the Bush administration Thursday ahead of the president's prime time address to the nation.

11.09.2007 Efforts in Iraq have achieved "progress" and reached a "turning point" many times over the past four and a half years, says the Council for a Livable World about a key military report to Congress this week.

05.09.2007 A new Web site launched Tuesday, featuring the first-person accounts of U.S. veterans returned from Iraq.
From: warcomeshome.org

05.09.2007 LOS ANGELES, Sep 4 (OneWorld) - Trained as a machine gunner, 32-year-old Jorge Reyes Jr. served 10 years in the U.S. Army and had considered a career in the armed services. But after a tour as a rear gunner on hum-vees in Iraq, he decided to leave the military when his term was up, and is now on his way to college.