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jbet777 rated 15 months ago- From the page: "Most of Iraq's middle class has fled the country with serious consequences for the nation's future, a U.S. expert has warned.
"Much of the (Iraqi) middle and professional class -- particularly the Sunni portion -- has been displaced out of the country. No one h...
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 jbet777 rated 15 months ago- From the page: "Most of Iraq's middle class has fled the country with serious consequences for the nation's future, a U.S. expert has warned.
"Much of the (Iraqi) middle and professional class -- particularly the Sunni portion -- has been displaced out of the country. No one has accurate numbers, but the total may well be in excess of 2 million and could approach some 10 percent of the population," Anthony H. Cordesman, who holds the Arleigh A. Burke chair in strategy at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, a Washington think tank, wrote in a new study published last week."
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