Bibi Z...
it's amazing how long a history Iraq has had. I read an excellent book (that I then lent to Tegan and never saw again) by a sociologist's wife about her time in a small, conservative Iraqi village under the monarchy, and her experiences with the women behind the abayas...
at any rate, can it be said that as long as the Iraqi people have their bibis, and their memories of better days and better people, they have hope?
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and the headscarves are back. this happened in Iran, too...
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I think the worst is the breakdown of social order. It's not that you're afraid to die--you're just afraid to die whimsically, or for the wrong reason, or for no reason at all, in the middle of what used to be a semi-developed, secular and mildly prosperous country.
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PBS on Iraqi Police Training: Quantity over Quality, and lots of Haraka Haraka and all the Baraka that goes with it!
American Soldier Hoo-Rah Airborn.
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Mmmmm, 1/2 of me feels it's on the bookshelf at home and the other 1/2 feels that I lent it to someone else...
This is why you shouldn't let people graduate without giving your stuff back! Otherwise, it's too late!
-tegan
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