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Al Jazeera English - News - Baghdad For Sale

Al Jazeera English - News - Baghdad For Sale
Al Jazeera spoke to a Baghdad estate agent, who would identify himself only as Abu Ali for security reasons.

He said: "Ninety-nine per cent of those who want to sell their houses in Baghdad are afraid to live here. Some of them are professionals who had their colleagues killed and are afraid to meet the same fate.

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