over 1 million iraqi IDPs

- 142,260 families - about 1,037,615 individuals - have become internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Iraq since February 2006. 37.5% are children under 12
- The number of displaced people is increasing at an average of 80,000-100,000 a month
- Many IDPs have psychological problems and some seek refuge with armed groups "as they [the armed groups] represented the true authority of the land for them... Rape, armed gangs, theft and drug addiction was common among IDPs".