Iraq says it can't handle refugee influxBy HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
BAGHDAD - Iraq's government acknowledged Tuesday that it cannot handle a massive return of refugees, as the U.N. announced a $11 million relief package to help the most vulnerable Iraqi families trickling back to their war-ravaged homeland.
The return of refugees is a politically charged issue in this country, where the embattled government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is eager to point to recent military gains against al-Qaida in Iraq and other militants as evidence that Iraq is now a relatively safe place.
But the U.S. military has warned that a massive return of refugees could rekindle sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites and that some returnees have found their Baghdad homes occupied by members of the other Muslim sect.
"In reality, the ministry cannot absorb a return on that (large) scale," Iraqi Migration Minister Abdul-Samad Rahman told a news conference. "If the influx is huge, then neither the ministry nor the entire government can handle it."
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Whoopie! An article from the AP, no bias there.
You were on here last January so certain the surge wouldn’t work because the Dems said so in an AP article.
How’d that work out for you?
Socialists always look at the gloomy side of things and take the “can’t work, won’t work” negative stance at anything proposed or undertaken by conservatives. The Democrats are the party that wishes failure for America.