A 'safe' mosque in a shaken city

[IndianaGreen]

A 'safe' mosque in a shaken city
By Lawrence Smallman in Baghdad

Friday 17 October 2003, 22:07 Makka Time, 19:07 GMT


The 14th Ramadan mosque has
hardly any worshippers anymore

US tanks and armoured personnel carriers patrol the streets of Baghdad regularly, shaking homes on both sides of the road day and night.

They shake the whole of the 14th Ramadan mosque every day, but this Friday they came to a screeching halt outside.

While about half a dozen soldiers surround the entrance, an officer jumps down and extends his hand to a mortified Abu Ali, who looks after the building.

'Is this a safe mosque?", the officer asked in Arabic.

'Yes, there is nothing to steal but Qurans here."

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/311917D7-6405-428E-A5DA-4BE21D65D60F.htm

[madrchsod]

1. what??? i thought things

were fine there,you know, kids selling pop by the roadside.

[fizzana]

2. "We are all used to war and hardship, they aren't"

That speaks volumes about what the next year is going to be like.