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Baghdad - A City In Transition

Apr-21-2009 » Filed Under: Iraq News

Although not Stryker-related I thought the following article from The New York Times was interesting. Improvements in security have brought cultural changes to the city.

BAGHDAD — Vice is making a comeback in this city once famous for 1,001 varieties of it.

Gone, for the most part, are nighttime curfews, religious extremists and prowling kidnappers. So, inevitably, some people are turning to illicit pleasures, or at least slightly dubious ones. [...]

“Everything is going back to its natural way,” said Ahmed Assadee, a screenwriter who works on a soap opera.


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