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CSI Baghdad: Why don’t Crime Units in the Carbomb Capital of the World do their Job?
http://www.juancole.com/2014/01/baghdad-carbomb-capital.htmlCSI Baghdad: Why don’t Crime Units in the Carbomb Capital of the World do their Job?
By Juan Cole | Jan. 24, 2014
(By Mustafa Habib, Baghdad)
It is estimated that around 250 car bombs exploded in Baghdad last year. This year the numbers are climbing and bombers’ skills are improving. This is taking a heavy toll on ordinary Iraqis. More locals are suffering from stress disorders and living in fear. Hospital morgues are crowded and some families have run out of room to bury their dead.
Every morning Baghdad woman, Nahida al-Allusi, says goodbye to her three children – they are all grown up, one is a student and the other two have jobs. And as they leave she only hopes desperately that they will return home again.
“Baghdad has become unbearable,” she says. “Car bombs are continuously exploding and I am just so afraid that my children will be near one, when it goes off. Every day I ask God to keep them safe and every day I call them several times to make sure they are still alive.”
Al-Allusi is not alone in her anxiety. This is the situation for many Baghdadis today.
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Heckofajob, dubya, 8 years and $4 trillion dollars wasted in Iraq.