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‘In Saddam’s time I never saw a friend killed in front of my eyes. I never saw neighbours driven out of their homes just for their sect. And I never saw entire families being slaughtered and killed’

Against a backdrop of spiralling violence in Baghdad, The Times persuaded six ordinary Iraqis to visit its bureau to describe their lives. Sunni or Shia, they all had a strikingly similar tale to tell
Martin Fletcher, Ali Hamdani, Ned Parker
The Times
Martin Fletcher, Ali Hamdani, Ned Parker
The Times

Inside Iraq: Read Ned Parker blogging live from Baghdad

Saad Hassam

Street cleaner

Shia

Single

Age 23

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