Houses can be rebuilt, but homes?
The brief but violent war in Iraq left thousands of people dead, others homeless. Today, many of those who live do so not under a roof but under a threat of death. And, like the country still shadowed by war, people are trying to rebuild but with little success, reports Anthony Shadid
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The brief but violent war in Iraq left thousands of people dead, others homeless. Today, many of those who live do so not under a roof but under a threat of death. And, like the country still shadowed by war, people are trying to rebuild but with little success, reports Anthony Shadid
Madhlum lifts his son, Rasoul as his wife, Jamila Abed, carries their daughter, Mariam.
Madhlum asks a member of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division for compensation for his destroyed home.
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Madhlum works as a nurse at Baghdad's Yarmouk Hospital.
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Mustafa Jassam, 9, cries after visiting the wreckage of the family home.
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