US sets up task force on Iraqi refugees

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US sets up task force on Iraqi refugees
(AFP)

WASHINGTON - The United States set up a task force Monday to tackle the mounting Iraq refugee crisis, after Washington came under criticism for not doing enough to help millions of people displaced by the war it unleashed nearly four years ago.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced the creation of the task force, to be headed by Undersecretary of State Paula Dobriansky and including the State Department’s top Middle East and Iraq officials.

The team will coordinate US assistance for Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons and “devise strategies for Iraqis at risk because of their work with the US government,” Rice spokesman Sean McCormack said.

According to the United Nations, about two million Iraqis, some eight percent of the pre-war population, have fled the country to escape the war and mounting sectarian violence.

[tanyev]

1. A day late and a dollar short as usual, Condi.

[sarge43]

2. And in six months a report will be issued

to the effect that the problem still exists and more money is needed.

These people do only two things well: Pound sand down rat holes and give our money away.