This exodus is not new, but since the increased violence that followed the bombing of the Shiite Golden mosque in Samarra in February 2006, the pace of the displacement has accelerated. Indeed, this is the largest population displacement in the Middle East since 1948.
这样的流离失所并非一朝一夕，但自从暴力活动在2006年二月萨马拉的什叶派金色清真寺爆炸后升级以来，流离失所的规模和速度也随之升级。的确，这是自1948年以来中东地区最大规模的人口迁移。