Sunni refugees from Ramadi arriving at Baghdad. Reuters
AMIRIYAT FALLUJA, Iraq — When Iraqi ground forces and American aircraft began assaulting the city of Ramadi more than a month ago, Ghusoon Muhammed and her family fled to the government’s front line, as did many other Sunni Arab families who had been trapped for months. Soldiers sent her and the children one way, and her husband another, to be interrogated in a detention facility.
She has not seen him or heard from him since. She and her children, who will most likely not be able to go home to Ramadi for months given the destruction, have been left to wait in a ramshackle tent camp here in Anbar Province. She is desperate, and adamant: “The innocent people in jail need to be released!” she said.
Standing nearby on Sunday was another woman, Karima Nouri. Her son, an auto mechanic, was also taken away by the authorities, and she has had no word about him for weeks. Ms. Nouri said the government considered civilians who remained in Ramadi to be sympathizers of the Islamic State. “But we had no ability to leave,” she said. “We are very poor.”
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WNU Editor: A sobering assessment on Iraq's future.
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WNU Editor,
Iraq hasn't been a "unified" Nation since the end of the First Gulf War, when the US incited, then abandoned both Kurdish and Shia revolts.
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.ca/2013_04_01_archive.html?m=1#3554538807908354245
"Her son, an auto mechanic, was also taken away by the authorities, and she has had no word about him for weeks. Ms. Nouri said the government considered civilians who remained in Ramadi to be sympathizers of the Islamic State. “But we had no ability to leave,” she said. “We are very poor."
Assuring Sunni resistance.
If a people flee are there refugee aid stations? If not how will they live? Will they live?
As Jay pointed out the Taliban are efficient. Well ISIS is too. You can live in ISIS territory so long you follow certain rules like have a reliable alarm clock.
Walking in Iraq without enough food water or shade can be dicey. It hits 115 degrees Fahrenheit easy. Of course the Shia government is not providing the aid station that we would expect of western governments.
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