<strong>The long read:</strong> When I was 28, the US arrived in Baghdad. The soldiers were announced as liberators and their leaders talked of democracy. I watched the regime and Saddam statues fall, chaos reign and a sectarian war unfold
On the coast of the Shatt al-Arab river in Iraq s southernmost province of Basra, Mohammad al-Sudani sits on a wooden bench, looking out on his land. In his hands are the prayer beads he inherited.
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By John Lee. Qimmat Al Nidhal Company for Contracting, General Trading, Ltd. has won a contract with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for the "renovation of the Sumerian Gallery at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad." The contract is valued at $541,210. (Source: UNGM)