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12-31-2007, 08:54 PM
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSKAM15739020071231?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
In a safer Baghdad, Iraqis party for 2008
Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:23pm EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - On New Year's Eve Ridaa al-Azzawi squeezed into his pointy snakeskin boots, his tight black sweater and his snazzy corduroy flared jeans, hustled down to a Baghdad hotel ballroom and partied for peace.
2008 arrived in a less-violent Baghdad, and residents said it was the first real party they had seen in years.
At the stroke of midnight, exuberant locals fired into the air with automatic rifles, sending red tracer fire streaking over the city, as fireworks lit up the sky.
Thought it was interesting, since the war is such a failure and all...
In a safer Baghdad, Iraqis party for 2008
Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:23pm EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - On New Year's Eve Ridaa al-Azzawi squeezed into his pointy snakeskin boots, his tight black sweater and his snazzy corduroy flared jeans, hustled down to a Baghdad hotel ballroom and partied for peace.
2008 arrived in a less-violent Baghdad, and residents said it was the first real party they had seen in years.
At the stroke of midnight, exuberant locals fired into the air with automatic rifles, sending red tracer fire streaking over the city, as fireworks lit up the sky.
Thought it was interesting, since the war is such a failure and all...