US to start accepting 1,000 Iraqi refugees a month« Thread Started on Sept 21, 2007, 6:32pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------US to start accepting 1,000 Iraqi refugees a month21 Sep 2007 22:12:28 GMTSource: Reutersread at source> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdes ... WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The United States expects to have taken in about 1,700 refugees from war-torn Iraq by the end of this month and will resettle 1,000 Iraqis a month beginning in mid-October, U.S. officials said on Friday.