NAJAF, Iraq, April 28 (Reuters) – An Iraqi vice president said on Friday 100,000 families — perhaps some half a million people — are living as refugees because of sectarian violence wracking the country.

Adel Abdul Mahdi gave no source for his estimate, which is much higher than the 11,000 families — or about 60,000 people — which the Displacement and Migration Ministry said two weeks ago had fled their homes since late February.
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