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Ramallah is a neighborhood, or slum, depending on who you ask, that was settled by "widows". There are quite a few widows in Iraq, many from the war with Iran (1980-1988) in which an estimated 250,000 Iraqis were killed.
Coalition Forces paid for food to be distributed in the Ramallah neighborhood. It's a way of engaging the population, but it's the Iraqi police who were going to hand out the rice, wheat, and seven kilos of lamb.
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Can you speak more about your sordid past, Matt Sanchez?
Posted by: Chicago | September 03, 2007 at 05:12 PM
Oh my, it appears the Stazi has made an appearance in the form of commenter 'Chicago' whom no doubt spies on the neighbors to find out if they're (gasp) 'republicans'.
Matt, I enjoy the way you capture the lives of others; ordinary people who may not have the same customs but share a common value.
Posted by: syn | September 03, 2007 at 08:58 PM