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To: NickSE who wrote (45965)4/18/2004 9:51:48 AM
From: arun gera  Respond to of 50167
 
Remember Iraq was under sanctions for a decade. If the sanctions had been removed, a similar boom would have taken place anyway..

>"I've been in this business a long time," said Muthana Fahawi, a carpet merchant for 25 years in Baghdad's Karada neighborhood. "Anyone who says the economy isn't improving isn't telling the truth. You can feel the money starting to flow.">