Baghdad refugees happy to be home again

[nhboy]

" BAGHDAD — Outside the Damascus Transport Co. in Baghdad's Salhiyah neighborhood Monday, a dozen or so people sat on their suitcases, looking tired and slightly confused as the bus that had brought them from Syria pulled out for its return run, practically empty.

Not long ago, the opposite would have been the case.

"Before," said Ali Abbas, who runs Damascus Transport, "you would find large numbers of Iraqis headed out, with all their belongings. Most carried mattresses, blankets and pieces of furniture. Now the trend has turned: The Iraqis coming back are returning with their furniture and everything they can carry back."

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 11/20/2007 | Baghdad refugees happy to be home again

 

[kwillia]

STOP posting threads on stories that have already been posted... Once in a while is understandable, but you freakin' do it constantly.

 

[nhboy]

STOP posting threads on stories that have already been posted... Once in a while is understandable, but you freakin' do it constantly.

Suicide car bomber kills at least 6 in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide car bomb exploded Wednesday at a police checkpoint guarding a courthouse in Ramadi, killing at least six people in the largest attack on Anbar province's capital in months, police said.

The dead included three women, said Col. Jubair Rashid Naief, a provincial police official. Another 13 people were wounded, he said.

Suicide car bomber kills at least 6 in Iraq - USATODAY.com