Boy, the indications from Iraq on what has really been happening in that country since al-Qaeda tried to destabilize it with mass bombings and attacks on Shiia religious sites is sometimes just stunning. The ‘conventional wisdom’ (a.k.a. liberal delusions promulgated in the SurrenderMedia) has been the refugees from Iraq have were chased out by the fighting with US forces. Well, it seems that too was more fiction than fact:

The report said the overwhelming majority of the refugees – at least 19,000 – returned to Baghdad, which has seen a dramatic turnaround in recent months, due largely to the influx of American troops to the capital, the freeze in activities from the feared Mahdi Army Shiite militia, and the U.S. push to enlist local Sunnis to help in the fight against al Qaeda.

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The Red Crescent said many of the Iraqis returned to three neighborhoods largely reclaimed from al Qaeda in Iraq’s control: Amariyah, Azamiyah and Dora. But, the organization warned, many of those who returned did so at least in part because their money ran out.

“The high cost of living and rented apartments and the limited employment opportunities contributed to lack of stability of Iraqi families and increased their passion to return to their country,” said the report, which drew its findings from transportation companies, and government departments and ministries.

Quick to spin as always. What this means is these people were running from the al-Qaeda butchers and are willing to come home because al-Qaeda’s iron fist has been amputated. It is quite clear, given the choice, Iraqis have chosen to refute al-Qaeda’s Islamo Fascist lifestyle. If these people were running from Americans they would not be coming back – we are still there and in very large numbers. Clearly these people ran from the fascists and their brutal ways. One more indicator the real criminals against humanity in Iraq were those associated with al-Qaeda.