Another day in paradise
May 15: "Saidiyah is paradise," Capt. Sean Chase told me, in lieu of introduction. "This is a shithole."
Saidiyah, the mixed Sunni-Shia neighborhood next door, is an experiment in building a gated community in war-torn Iraq: after the area was decimated by sectarian fighting last year, US forces built a wall around it, swept every street for militia members and weapons, and, having established… » Full Story on Salon.com
Saidiyah, the mixed Sunni-Shia neighborhood next door, is an experiment in building a gated community in war-torn Iraq: after the area was decimated by sectarian fighting last year, US forces built a wall around it, swept every street for militia members and weapons, and, having established… » Full Story on Salon.com
