Jill McGivering (BBC): Fruit no substitute for Iraqi security

Jack Rabbit

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Sun Nov-30-03 01:04 PM
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Jill McGivering (BBC): Fruit no substitute for Iraqi security

Edited on Sun Nov-30-03 01:46 PM by Jack Rabbit

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From the BBC Online
Dated Sunday November 30

Fruit no substitute for Iraqi security
By Jill McGivering
BBC World Affairs correspondent in Baghdad

Baghdad's shops are full again after years of sanctions and American money is gradually restoring Iraq's infrastructure. But few Iraqis appear to have a good word to say for Uncle Sam.
Hebah is a force to be reckoned with. A dynamic forty-something in traditional voluminous dress and headscarf, she is a feisty character with strong opinions.
Whether she is running her family or the local primary school - where she is now head teacher - she is candid - even on politically dangerous topics like Saddam Hussein . . . .
"Before we had no crime, no holy war, no bombing. I could walk home at one o'clock in the morning and feel safe. Now I'm not safe at all."

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Sun Nov-30-03 01:08 PM
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1. No link?

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Jack Rabbit

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Sun Nov-30-03 01:46 PM
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2. My apologies

It's fixed now.

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