Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad. The Iraqi army is split by sectarianism, claim critics. Photograph: Ali Al-Saadi/AFP/Getty Images My Iraqi family will not see the official end of the US combat mission in Iraq, just as they did not see the official beginning. On 20 March 2003, my family fled Baghdad and waited for news from Syria, fearful of how much blood would be shed. They returned three weeks later, after the fall of the capital, and were struck with the first indicator of freedom: the...
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