Iraqi plate dealers benefit as new car sales soar - Daily Herald

Iraqi plate dealers benefit as new car sales soar
Daily Herald
In this Tuesday, April 10, 2012 photo, a man pushes his old car to be crushed as he holds his car plate at a scrap yard in the southeastern Zafaraniya neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. In the Iraqi capital, the bald tires, balky engine and three decades ...

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Afghanistan, I can't quit you - Salon


Salon
Afghanistan, I can't quit you
Salon
Horrific car accident, traumatic brain injury. It wasn't the first TBI I'd seen, but I hope it's the last. She's the reason I and my brothers joined the Marines. The last time I was in a war zone, though, it was Iraq. Anbar. Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Bread for All bakery and cafe rides the shawarma tide - Kansas City Star


Kansas City Star
Bread for All bakery and cafe rides the shawarma tide
Kansas City Star
The bakery portion of the business opened in January, and every morning Foad Salih, a master baker from northern Iraq, makes naan in a tandoor oven. The fluffy flatbread is often associated with Indian restaurants but also appears throughout the Middle ...

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Recent slaying highlights store owners' battle against crime - Crain's Detroit Business

Recent slaying highlights store owners' battle against crime
Crain's Detroit Business
While the city's downtown and Midtown areas are heavily patrolled and safer with the growing number of people traversing them, store owners in outlying neighborhoods talk about criminals driving vehicles into their stores in the middle of the night or ...

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