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Driving Cabs Instead of Building Bridges
Iraqi Skilled refugees struggle in the U.S. after fleeing retaliation for aiding America in their home country. Two years ago, Firas Safar was a successful Baghdad printer, winning contracts with U.S. authorities. Today, he's a jobless refugee in Takoma Park, Md.
(Former printer Firas Safar.- Katherine Frey -- The Washington Post)

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Multimedia: Unseen Iraq
Post photographer Andrea Bruce documents the lives of Iraqis in a weekly photo column.
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Big Bombings
Interactive Map: Track some of the deadliest attacks in Iraq since September 2006.
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Private Armies
Security contractors fight a parallel and largely hidden war in Iraq.
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Baghdad Tour
New videos: The latest U.S. strategy in Iraq is putting more soldiers out into Baghdad's streets.
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A Neighborhood Divided
Sectarian violence in Baghdad has encroached into the city's Tobji neighborhood, where Sunnis and Shiites lived for decades side by side in peace.
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• Youthful Militiamen Build Power Through Fear
• Another Freedom Cut Short
• For Iraq's Sunnis, Conflict Closes In
Iraq's Legislature
Iraq installs its first permanent and freely elected legislature in decades.
• Graphic: Iraq's Legislature
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Inside the Green Zone
The Post's Rajiv Chandrasekaran reports on life inside Iraq's Green Zone in Imperial Life in the Emerald City.
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Saddam Hussein
Former dictator was hanged Dec. 30, 2006, after an Iraqi tribunal found him guilty of crimes against humanity.
Abu Ghraib
Special report chronicles prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison.
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