"New"?!

From the AP:

"'In some respects, the positive developments in the latter half of 2007 also represent the challenges of 2008,' U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said during a recent briefing.

An example, Crocker said, is how the improving security situation is in part luring back Iraqis who took refugee [sp.] in neighboring Syria, Jordan and elsewhere.

'The return of refugees — a good thing obviously, but a process is going to have to be carefully managed so that it doesn't sow the seeds of new tension and instability,' he said."