New York Times Upfront, December 11th, 2006
In a dimly lighted living room in central Baghdad, Noor is a lonely teenage prisoner. At 19, he is neither working nor in college. He is not even allowed outdoors. Nearly four years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, the relentless violence is hitting young Iraqis hard. In Baghdad, many young people say that their lives have shrunk to the size of their bedrooms, their dreams packed away and largely forgotten. "I can't go outside, I can't go to college," says Noor. "If I'm killed, it doesn't even matter because I'm dead right now." This summer, the U.S. military began the most systematic...
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