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Both groups, to some degree, will engage in what might be called "aid evangelism." The Baptists will deliver thousands of 70-lb. food packages labeled--in Arabic--with the biblical verse John 1: 17: "For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ." Eight...
Not that they necessarily knew it, but a Marine platoon stumbled into a potential hornet's nest at 1:30 on Friday in Baghdad, at the al Hanif al Naaman Mosque in the Adhimiya district. Adhimiya is a bastion of the capital's Sunni Muslim minority, whose members have traditionally...
And as the Sheikh neared his conclusion, the Marine patrol rounded a corner and walked right into hundreds of people praying on the street and listening to the sermon, even approaching the separate section for women. Dozens of men rose and put their shoes on, forming a virtual wall to...
After being abused for decades, Kurds in northern Iraq broke free 12 years ago and have been out of Baghdad's reach ever since. But Hussein's presence always hovered over them, assuring them they were never secure. Until today. "This is the happiest day of my life, happier than...
He calls himself Salam Pax--peace in Arabic and Latin, respectively. He claims to be an Iraqi living in Baghdad, and he posts poignant first-person reports on the Web. "The images we saw on TV last night...were terrible," begins one. "The whole city looked as if it were...