I know the U. N. High Commissioner for Refuges has a 9 million dollar short fall on a 29 million dollar Iraq budget.* Are there also U.S. agencies like the Red Cross doing or planning relief? Since it’s our fault (no argument, Republicans!) because we started the damned war, we should certainly be helping to support the people fleeing from it.

Anyone reading this and knowing of such an organization, please respond.

* Karadsheh, Jomana and Tawfeeq, Mohammed, "U.N. refugee agency: Exodus in Iraq forces priority shift," CNN.com, http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/13/iraq.main/index.html. Posted 2220 GMT, October 13, 2006. Viewed Saturday, October 14, 2006, 9:10 AM EDT.