More than 30,000 Iraqis have moved to the US "under a resettlement program that began in 2007". It seems that as many as 82,000 would be eligible for relocation. Some of those might be going to other countries as well. The UN High Commission for Refugees made the recommendation to relocate Iraqis that might be in danger if they remained; it seems for cooperation with the US occupation.
An update on the US deaths in the Iraq war now stands at 4352 with 31,529 wounded. The war in Afghanistan has caused 796 US troop deaths and 4300 wounded.
(Source: "US intake of refugees increases after criticism" by Alexander G. Higgins of the AP. In The Virginian Pilot on 10/17/09)
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