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Alcohol returns to Baghdad

independent.co.uk » 2008 » July » 8th » Alcohol returns to Baghdad

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Alcohol is openly for sale once more in Baghdad. All over the Iraqi capital, drink stores, which closed their doors in early 2006 when sectarian strife was raging, have slowly begun to reopen. Two years ago, al-Qa'ida militants were burning down liquor stores and shooting their owners. Now around Saadoun Street, in the centre of the city, at least 50 stores are advertising that they have alcohol … Continue Reading »

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