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Traumatic Memories Mar Baghdad Neighborhoods

Violence and terrorism have left many Iraqis with post-traumatic stress associated with specific areas of Baghdad they continue to associate with a violent event.
Iraqi security forces stand inside a Sunni mosque at the site of a suicide bomber attack in the town of Wajihiya in the ethnically and religiously diverse province of Diyala, July 20, 2013. A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, killing at least 20 people in the middle of a sermon on Friday.  REUTERS Mohammed Adnan (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTX11SM4
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Official figures and those published by other concerned organizations indicate that the number of victims of violence in Iraq has spiked over the past months, making it comparable to what it was during the years of the sectarian war that raged from 2005 to 2008.

The term “death zones” nowadays easily describes many areas of Baghdad, while in the past it only applied to specific areas.

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