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A Foreign Policy Event

The Scouting Report: Humanitarian Crises in Iraq and Darfur

Internal Displacement, Human Rights, Darfur


Event Summary

President Barack Obama recently announced plans to withdraw most U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of August 2010. Additionally, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes. What do these decisions mean for the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Iraq and Darfur?

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Event Information

When

Wednesday, March 25, 2009
12:30 PM to 01:30 PM

Where

Online
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
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Event Materials

Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

E-mail: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105

Brookings expert Elizabeth Ferris and Senior Politico Editor Fred Barbash took questions in this week’s edition of the Scouting Report, a series on online web chats.

Read the chat transcript »
 

Transcript

12:33 [Comment From Jason] Can you explain the extent of the crisis in Iraq? About how many people are currently displaced in Iraq?

12:34 Elizabeth Ferris: About 4 million people have been displaced in Iraq -- about 2 million have fled to neighboring countries and over 2 million are displaced within the country. It's a major humanitarian crisis that deserves more attention than it is receiving.

Participants

Expert

Elizabeth Ferris

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy

Moderator

Fred Barbash

Senior Editor
Politico


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