Tim Irwin

Spokesman for the UN Refugee Agency

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Spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, based in Washington, DC

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Before the Iraq war began, the Pentagon was planning for a mass exodus of refugees.  When the initial invasion went so fast, that was one of the many predictions that did not come…

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