Iraqis Still Unable To Return To War-Ravaged Homes

csmonitor.com:

HADI SADOUN, IRAQ - When Sheikh Jamal Sadoun, a prominent Sunni accused of working with the US, returned to his once sprawling eight-bedroom farmhouse late last year, a pile of rubble and charred furniture was all that remained.

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[Ergon]

3 million Iraqi refugees. A war that cannot end. The U.S. looks more and more like the monkey with its hand caught in the cookie jar.

[motown67]

The number of displaced Iraqis returning went up in 2008. On average 1,650 displaced went back each month last year. They face a huge amount of problems like receiving services, health care, power. But the two biggest issues are jobs and finding housing. According to the latest survey of internal Iraqi refugees 41.8% say they can't go back to their property. 16.7% said they don't have access, 38.7% said they don't know the status of their homes. Of those that couldn't go back 35% said it was occupied, 22.1% said their house was destroyed, 8.6% said it wasn't safe to go back, while 3% said it was taken over by the security forces or government. Joblessness amongst the displaced is extremely high and aid agencies and the government have only been able to assist a small percentage of them. For more see: musingsoniraq.blogpost.com

[EHarold]

Or have power for more than 3 hours..Or running water.. Guess that's not news though...