Report: Internally Displaced Iraqis Up 800 Percent To More Than 1 Million In '07

Report: Internally Displaced Iraqis Up 800 Percent To More Than 1 Million In '07
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An Iraqi Red Crescent report released today says the number of internally displaced people (IDP's) in Iraq has quadrupled since January and is up eight times from a year ago.

While estimates of the IDP count vary widely -- some groups say as high as two million -- the Iraqi Red Crescent has unrivaled resources to gauge the count: 5,000 staff and 100,000 volunteers across the country.

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