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2019-08-27 Iraq

Finding homes in ruin, destitute Iraqis return to camps

[Rudaw] djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
was freed from the grip of Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS
ISIS

...embracing their inner Islamic Brute...
) more than two years ago.

But of the 1.6 million people currently internally displaced in Iraq, 300,000 are from Mosul alone, according to the International Organization for Migration.

Much of the Old City, which bore the brunt of the damage, remains in rubble. A large proportion of it is riddled with deadly landmines, and basic services for residents are severely lacking.

Rent costs in the less damaged east of the city are proving too expensive for IDPs seeking a return to Mosul.

This has left IDPs no choice but to remain in the rubble of the old city, or to return to camps.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top
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