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Fr Jul 14 -

WEST BAGHDAD -

*10:30pm: Ali and his neighbours were frantically exchanging information, trying to identify the gunmen.

Were they the Mahdi Army, the Shia militia blamed for drilling holes in their victims’ eyes and limbs before executing them by the dozen? Or were they Sunni insurgents hunting down Shias to avenge last Sunday’s massacre, when Shia gunmen rampaged through an area called Jihad, pulling people from their cars and homes and shooting them in the streets?

...Flights to Damascus have gone up from three a week to eight ... the number of buses to Jordan has mushroomed from 2 a day to as many as 40 or 50.*

:: James Hider in Baghdad ::
-- The Times of London --
:: Good Graphic ::

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:: Iraqi Kollege Kid :: records his trip to Jordan. He brought along an Agatha Christie to read.

At the Jordanian Airport: *New this time were questions about my tribal name; there were no reactions as my tribe is mixed Sunni-Shi'ite; and a fingerprint thingy with a camera snapshot.*

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::RIVERBEND:: remains, relatively safe in seclusion, somewhere in her Undisclosured Location in Baghdad. She sounds glum.

But more importantly, she sounds like she needs to set new goals for herself: learning a new computer skill, or even learning a new language (Japanese?) or, at least, establishing a booklist. She still has the outlet of Blogging to stay connected to the Outside World, which must be a blessing for her. Her last entry is dated July 11th.

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