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  • Don't Abandon Us .....(The writer is foreign minister of Iraq)

    05/04/2007 8:02:37 AM PDT · by IrishMike · 12 replies · 808+ views
    WaPo ^ | Friday, May 4, 2007 | Hoshyar Zebari
    Last weekend a traffic jam several miles long snaked out of the Mansour district in western Baghdad. The delay stemmed not from a car bomb closing the road but from a queue to enter the city's central amusement park. The line became so long some families left their cars and walked to enjoy picnics, fairground rides and soccer, the Iraqi national obsession. Across the city, restaurants are slowly filling and shops are reopening. The streets are busy. Iraqis are not cowering indoors. The appalling death tolls from suicide attacks are often high because of crowding at markets. These days you...