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[American Congress for Truth] American Congress for Truth- » US to Re-Settle 1350 'PA Refugees ...: as it seeks to help its PLO 'darlings', again settling a problem without vetting the people involved - the fact remains that 'Palestinians' are among the most .Granting asylum to the Arabs could be interpreted by the Palestinian Authority as official United States acceptance of them as Arabs with a right to live in Israel but who were granted special status because of the American war.

[Romanticpoet's Weblog] Palestinians displaced by Iraq War to be resettled in America ...: With Americans hurting for jobs and in this time of recession of our economy, why didn’t the Obama administration look to Arab countries to take the refugees?  Are they terrorists that we are allowing to come within our borders?

[Hudson New York] Arabs vs. Palestinians - Hudson New York: Obviously, the Arab governments do not want to play any significant role in solving the plight of the Palestinians living in the Arab world. Asked why Palestinians were still living in crowded and poverty-stricken refugee camps surrounding Amman, a Jordanian political analyst replied: "We need to keep them in refugee camps so that they will continue to stick to their right of return to Palestine.

[Lens] Behind the Scenes: In a War Zone, With Film - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com: As I was driving along the deserted highway that had once been a busy commercial link between Turkey and Iraq, a young boy ran into the path of our car. There was a thud as I veered the car off the road, flying over an embankment into a gas station.

[ATFP World Press Roundup Feed] U.S. Agrees to Resettle Palestinians Displaced by Iraq War | The ...: Asali cautioned that it is bound to irk Palestinian and Arab leaders who interpret U.S. willingness to resettle Palestinians -- which comes with full rights such as citizenship down the road -- as "a conspiracy to liquidate the Palestinian refugee issue." With the exception of Jordan, no country in the Middle East has granted citizenship to Palestinian refugees. Many Arab countries believe that fully integrating large numbers of Palestinian refugees would undercut their demand for an independent state.

[The United Nations] United Nations Radio: Palestinians stuck at Iraq border to move to ...: UN refugee agency spokesman Ron Redmond says the refugees are part of a large population of Palestinians in three camps still in Iraq or along the borders. "We are extremely concerned about their fate and looking for places worldwide and within the region where they can be settled, at least temporarily out of harms way." .

[SWJ Blog] 27 July SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): I did not see it in the 26th or 27th roundups, but I did see it as #12 on today's (Mon 27 July)earlybird for those with access, but there is a good piece (despite its name) in Newsweek by Ron Moreau entitled America's New Nightmare profiling a senior Taliban leader. I found it interesting as it provides some inisghts as to maybe how some of the leadership thinks, and possibly why they think that way.

[Metro Voices] Iraqi refugees ponder the future of their homeland as U.S. troops ...: An Iraqi policeman comforts a comrade injured in a bomb attack during a patrol in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 9, 2009. Bombs killed scores of people in Iraq on Thursday in the worst violence since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, and American forces released five Iranian officials suspected of aiding Shiite insurgents.

[Adwan US] Why Palestine Must Be Homeless While They Have Home To Live In ...: The state of Israel was legally created out of the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I. The area was desolate, desert and swamp, with some small towns and a few inhabitants, many of them nomads. ... 50% of Israel's population now includes refugees from Morocco, Algeria, Iraq and Yemen. All were accepted by Israel with open arms and have become successful members of their society. The Palestinians refused to integrate these refugees into their ...

[Refugees United Blog] Refugees United Blog » Blog Archive » » No country, no identity ...: Initially, these refugees settled areas around the city of Atroush in the Duhok governorate. In 1998, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) opened the Makhmour Refugee Camp in the district of Makhmour, located in the Musil governorate but only about a one hour driving distance from the Kurdistan region’s capital of Erbil.

[The Common Ills] Iraq snapshot « The Common Ills: In northern Iraq, the KRG has taken some welcome steps to respond to the disturbingly high levels of reported gender-based violence (GBV), particularly so-called "honor killings," burnings and other attacks on women, often disguised as accidents or suicides. Recent higher GBV statistics in KRG may indicate a greater willingness to report such crimes, but further visible government support for women's rights is sorely need throughout Iraq. 

[Cafe Talk Aggregator] When Those Tanks Come Marchin' In | dickday's Blog: We are still living with those changes, as the invasion of the strange and awkward British-created amalgam we still call Iraq, the Middle East in general, the USSR and its still unsettled aftermath, Communist China, modern India and Africa and the end of all the Empires except those of Russia and China all demonstrate. Oh, and add to that the fact that modern Mexico is still a direct outgrowth of the the Revolution of 1910 - 1920.

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