Palestinian refugees flee Baghdad after Iraqi forces raid
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An Iraqi security forces raid on a Palestinian area in Baghdad on Wednesday left one Palestinian dead and forced several dozen to flee the capital, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees office said it is "deeply disturbed" by the action, said to be part of the new Baghdad security plan. The victim was a guard at a Baghdad mosque and was apparently shot in the head. Violence apparently flared when Palestinians tried to resist the raid. A U.N. news release said nine Palestinians are being held, 51 were released and at least 41 fled to the Iraq-Syria border, where 850 Palestinians have been stranded for 10 months...
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An Iraqi security forces raid on a Palestinian area in Baghdad on Wednesday left one Palestinian dead and forced several dozen to flee the capital, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees office said it is "deeply disturbed" by the action, said to be part of the new Baghdad security plan. The victim was a guard at a Baghdad mosque and was apparently shot in the head. Violence apparently flared when Palestinians tried to resist the raid. A U.N. news release said nine Palestinians are being held, 51 were released and at least 41 fled to the Iraq-Syria border, where 850 Palestinians have been stranded for 10 months...
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