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Besieged by death, young Iraqis lose hope

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Three and a half years after the U.S.- led invasion, the relentless violence that has disfigured much of Iraqi society is hitting young Iraqis in new ways. Young people from five different Baghdad neighborhoods say that their lives have shrunk to the size of their bedrooms and that their dreams have been packed away and largely forgotten. Life is lived in moments. It is no longer possible to make plans.

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