[Yardstick]

According to this report there were fewer of them than expected, only a few thousand, and many didn’t want to leave since their homes were nearby. This is a pretty big change from earlier reports.

[Bluebird Singing]

Up to 70 percent of them are dead: telegraph.co.uk.worldnews

Fewer than expected because of this, maybe? If obama waits long enough, he can claim no crisis at all because most will be dead.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11024037/Iraq-crisis-It-is-death-valley.-Up-to-70-per-cent-of-them-are-dead.html