20,000 Iraqis “fled their homes to escape sectarian violence” in just the last 10 days, the Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration announced yesterday. “In some cases, typed notes ordering people to leave within 48 hours have been left with a bullet taped to the page.”

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