One Day in the World's Most Dangerous City

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By Mathieu von Rohr, Hussam Ali, Ala Chalil Nassir and Bernhard Zand

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What does daily life look like in the Iraqi capital? What goes through people's minds when yet another bomb explodes, killing and maiming innocent people? SPIEGEL spent time with four Iraqis and describes a day in the world's most dangerous city through their eyes.

The sun rises over Baghdad at 6:04 a.m. It immediately begins to blaze in a cloudless sky. There is no dawn. Baghdad, a dusty behemoth of a city, lies on a flat plain, a city of brownish streets along a greenish river, with the occasional pillar of smoke protruding into the sky.

It's Sunday, May 13 -- 1,496 days after the US military invaded the country. Another day begins for the 5 million residents of a city that was once the most advanced in the Arab world. Those days are long gone. Today Baghdad is a nightmare -- the world's most horrible city.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,484661,00.html

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1. A powerful article

What a shameful and wasteful war this is.

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2. Kick

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3. Kick

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4. :-(

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5. The most advanced city in the Arab world during the Saddam era

The most advanced women's rights in the Arab world
No persecution of Christians or other religious groups

But Brutus says Saddam was a bad guy
And Brutus is an honorable man