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| Iraq |
| State Department Weekly Wrap-Up |
| 2007-03-30 |
| Couple of interesting items; more at link.During the week of March 22-28 electricity availability averaged 6.1 hours per day in Baghdad and 12.6 hours nationwide. Electricity output for the week was 1% below the same period in 2006. That's a bit better than the "two hours per day" last reported by the MSM. Iraqi Leaders Appeal to Neighbors to Increase Aid to Iraq: • In a statement addressing leaders at a two-day Arab League summit that opened March 28 in Riyadh, Iraqi Parliament speaker Mahmud al-Mashhadani appealed to Arab leaders to “shoulder their legitimate, ethical and national responsibilities toward Iraq and to never abandon its people.” • Iraqi Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi issued a similar appeal asking for more support from fellow Arabs and saying it was imperative to keep Iraq from being abandoned to terrorists and foreign powers. That's a reference to Iran, right? UNHCR Calls Iraqi Refugee Situation Unsustainable: • The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) claims emergency camps to host Iraqis fleeing their country could be built if their numbers increase beyond the point where neighboring nations can cope and to avoid the closing of borders. UNHCR would set up camps in Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, effectively separating the refugees from the local population and economy. And the UN would pay for that? |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #1 UNHCR Calls Iraqi Refugee Situation Unsustainable I call the UN Unsustainable. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-03-30 09:55 |