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In Iraq, Every Day Is Memorial Day

In Iraq, Every Day Is Memorial Day: "05/28/07 'Time' -- -- The Shi'ite militias that forced Azhour Ali Mohammed from her home in Baghdad's al-Dolai district last month shot her husband Amer dead before her eyes and torched all her worldly possessions. And the fear that the killers may come back for her and her two little children prevented her from mourning her husband. 'I could not hold a proper wake for him,' says the young widow. 'He deserved at least that.' "

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