Addendum

This is an addendum to yesterday's post about Iraqi displaced persons and refugees. Not only is there a problem with refugees, but every day about 100 women are widowed, and 400 children are orphaned. It is estimated that there are 900,000 orphans in Iraqi. Link

Plus:

Baghdad Bombings Kill at Least 131

By Karin Brulliard and Bill Brubaker
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, April 18, 2007; 6:04 PM

BAGHDAD, April 18 -- Four car bombs killed 131 people and wounded 164 others across Baghdad Wednesday, the U.S. military said, as bloodshed spiked two months into a U.S.-led crackdown meant to pacify the Iraqi capital.

It was one of the deadliest days of the four-year-old Iraq war, and some news agencies suggested the death toll may be higher. Reuters, quoting local officials, said almost 200 people were killed Wednesday. The Associated Press put the number at 183.

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