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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (750133)9/25/2006 7:47:02 PM
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CITY OF DEATH

The Battle for Baghdad
September 22, 2006

By Bernhard Zand

Once the most progressive city in the Arab world, Baghdad has been ravaged by war and bombings. Everyone wants out, but not everyone can afford to leave -- and car bomb explosions are a daily fact of life.

A satellite image of Baghdad.
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A satellite image of Baghdad.
From an altitude of 15,000 feet, it's just a pale patch on the landscape, a soft and amorphous silhouette, exposed on every flank. It has no protective features: no city wall, no shoreline, no hill from which a fortress might rise. Its edges peter out like the threads of a frayed rug, the sandy brown of houses merging seamlessly with the green of Mesopotamia's meadows. Falluja is visible to the west, Baqubah to the northeast....

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