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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Erica Goode and Riyadh Mohammed / The Bulletin
September 21, 2008
BAGHDAD — Humoud Yakobi gazes at the rubble-strewn parking lot, the maze of blast walls and the clusters of dusty palm trees on the island around him, and sees hotels, restaurants and shopping malls, with throngs of people enjoying refreshments by the swimming pool or playing a round....