Shopping for guns in Sadr City - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Omar al-Jaffal

Omar al-Jaffal

May 21, 2014

A buyer inspects a weapon inside a shop selling firearms in Baghdad March 2, 2006. Fearful of sectarian attacks since the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on February 22, Iraqis are barricading homes and stocking up on weapons in a country already awash with guns. Picture taken March 2, 2006. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber - RTR16W8K — A buyer inspects a weapon inside a shop selling firearms in Baghdad, Mar. 2, 2006. — REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber

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Dana Taib Menmy

Dana Taib Menmy

Iraqis shop at the Shorja market, the main stockpile central in Baghdad on August 30, 2008, as households prepare for the Muslim holy month or Ramadan. Iraqi women and men once fearful of shopping here are more confident since the improvement in security around the capital. Muslims around the world are gearing up for the holy month of Ramadan which commences on Sept 01. For the duration of the lunar month, Muslims are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dusk till dawn as life slips into a lowe

The secret world of Baghdad's sex toy shops

Omar al-Jaffal

Volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), carry weapons during a parade in the streets in Al-Fdhiliya district, eastern Baghdad June 15, 2014. The insurgent offensive that has threatened to dismember Iraq spread to the northwest of the country on Sunday, when Sunni militants launched a dawn raid on a town close to the Syrian border, clashing with police and government forces. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Suda

Iraqi weapons trade thrives

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Moath al-Amoudi

Moath al-Amoudi