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This story by a former Reuters reporter is part of a special report on the exodus from Iraq. The author has requested that her location not be identified. "After losing loved ones and neighbors to the revenge killings and suicide bombings that have become Iraq's daily curse, I knew it was time to seek a safer haven abroad."

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nativestorm
Feb. 1, 2007, 7:53 a.m.
greta submit, Spade.thanks
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Spadecaller
Feb. 1, 2007, 8:08 a.m.
This is more than one story about one journalist fleeing from a war torn nation. This is also the plight of thousands and thousands of Iraqi people. This is what our occupation fosters.
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Amazing1
Feb. 1, 2007, 10:12 a.m.
This is what we have done to Iraq. Bush and his cronies should be forced to read this story. Maybe then, they could get their heads out long enough to understand that it was wrong to go in and it is wrong to stay. The longer we stay, the worse it gets. We have ruined their nation and it has not been to protect us from terrorists. It has been to the benefit of Big Oil and the military industrial complex. Shame on them. Shame for the horror they have made of the lives of the ordinary Iraqi citizens. And Shame on them for being so dimwitted as to provide the greatest recruitment boost for the terrorists that they could have ever hoped for.
The gang at the White HOuse needs to be arrested and marched off to jail.
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Disulfate
Feb. 1, 2007, 11:38 a.m.
Did anyone ever think the ordinary citizen of Iraq would
sit around and wait to be killed? If this insanity continues the only people in Iraq will be the terrorists
and the military.
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evelyna
Feb. 1, 2007, 12:04 p.m.
The same thing will happen in Iraq that happened after Viet Nam. Thousands of the people will head here for welfare.
I am already sick of seeing veils and such. I can't believe people here regress into that culture.
I guess if they bring them all here we will not be too safe from terrorism.
They will probablly hit us again. After all once they mingle into our country they will become ingrates like in Britan and France. The afros and illegal mexicans in america are at least content with a few crumbs of welfare. They can steal and hustle more from their friends and relatives.
Once the muckscums come over here they will demand more and more-nothing will be good enough. They will take down states and make previous race riots look like an afternoon at the spa.
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jovial
Feb. 1, 2007, 12:05 p.m.
Mission Accomplished! Hehehe.
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BravoSierra
Feb. 1, 2007, 4:49 p.m.
She had to leave because of Bush's incompetence as a Commander-in-Chief and the gross failure of civilian companies the reconstruction was outsourced to.
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abntv
Feb. 1, 2007, 2:02 p.m.
I also notice that this writer never says anything about why the Iraqi people themselves have not addressed the problems..their answer is to leave the country..let someone else die for their freedom and return once it is safe...
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simonsez
Feb. 1, 2007, 2:16 p.m.
She did the sensible thing ... wouldn't we do the same?
If you don't want to carry a weapon and kill, it's time to move on.
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Spadecaller
Feb. 1, 2007, 2:22 p.m.
Instead of learning about the plight of the Iraqi people from this article, some of you, like abntv, misinterpret her story as a way to blame all Iraqis for their circumstances.
This is common ploy; blame innocent victims to assuage our own contribution to their embittered circumstances.
Without judgement or condemnation she simply stated that after the occupation, the living situation for Iraqis became even worse.
What has she done to you abntv to deserve such a callous remark "let someone else die for their freedom and return once it is safe?" WE didn't bring freedom to the Iraqis; we destroyed their infrastructure, killed a dictator, replaced him with a phony "American paid government" while we continue to rape their country of their oil.
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berbles
Feb. 1, 2007, 10:41 p.m.
You got that right.
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abntv
Feb. 1, 2007, 2:21 p.m.
"wouldn't we do the same?"
Maybe some would...I would not...and "we" did not when it came time for our own revolution. You do not have to carry a weapon and kill to effect change..you will not accomplish anything if you run away.
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Spadecaller
Feb. 1, 2007, 2:29 p.m.
There is no victory or defeat for American troops in Iraq. Iraqis are having their civil war. Sorry about that! Those of you warmongering flag-waving misfits need to find a different war -- one that you feel proud of.
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NelsonR
Feb. 1, 2007, 3:11 p.m.
Simple solution is to exit from Iraq and allow Iraq's to have the same helpful requirement as we American's had, A REVOLUTIONARY WAR. It's inevitable and the only solution.
We had many Americans imigrate to Canada and other countries since their beliefs were not shared by the majority.
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getreal1
Feb. 1, 2007, 5:07 p.m.
There is nothing any one can do, these people are bent on destroying their selves. Some one wanted us to come into this country. Not just our country but other countries brought into it as well. They knew that the terrorism plans through the last 30 years would eventually add up into achieving their gain without their hands becoming known as the cause. As the remark was made on the news after the 911 attacks by Osama bin laden I didn't order it but I know who did. I would still like to know who Who happens to be. That is why I found it so odd that we went to war with Iraq. War is a horrible thing, one must have proof beyond doubt before waging.