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GAO: Reduction In Violence Due To ‘Ethnically Cleansed Neighborhoods’ In Iraq Think
Progress Looking for signs of progress in Iraq, the Bush administration has been quick to jump on reports of reduced violence in Iraq. The “violence is thankfully coming down,” said White House spokesperson Dana Perino. Violence is “down significantly from last year,” declared President Bush. In a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee today, Joe Christoff of the Government Accountability Office stated that this recent reduction in violence should be taken with a grain of salt, as it coincides with increased sectarian cleansing and a massive refugee displacement:
It’s produced 2.2. million refugees that have left, it’s produced two million internally displaced persons within the countryas well.
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