Gorilla’s Guides

Editor’s Note:

One in five of those registered with UNHCR since January 2007 – more than 19,000 individuals – are registered as “victims of torture and/or violence” in Iraq.
Seventy-seven percent of the Iraqi refugees who were interviewed reported being affected by air bombardments and shelling or rocket attacks. Eighty percent reported witnessing a shooting. […]

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