The wide avenue outside was eerily silent Thursday as the shopkeeper
placed a tiny frozen chicken onto the counter.
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An elderly man sat on a chair in front of his house, lamenting the
loss of yet another piece of his past.
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I was scheduled to work an afternoon shift Wednesday, so I had time
beforehand for some mundane errands.
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The vendors arranged their wares on rickety carts.
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They arrive in borrowed wooden coffins.
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Iraqis expressed doubt Saturday that a plan to increase the number of
U.S. troops in the capital would reduce the violence that has warped
daily life here, rendering stories of killings and kidnappings unremarkable.
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Iraqi authorities released nearly 600 prisoners Wednesday out of a
total of 2,500 who are scheduled to be freed this week in an effort
to appease Sunni Arabs who say their sect has been unjustly
persecuted by Iraq’s police force.
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A black banner hangs near the outdoor market of this rural southern
town expressing condolences for the “innocent martyrs who were killed
at the hands of the sinful traitorous terrorists during the cowardly attack.”
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