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reportage: When a Refugee is Not A Refugee

An Iraqi woman shows the pictures of her husband's torture which she carries with her at all times. Afraid of being deported since she does not have refugee status, she plans to show them to police as her reason for fleeing the country. The religious violence seen in Iraq today was not present until the fall of the Saddam regime. Refugees say that previously Sunnis and Shias lived together and most were not aware of the sect to which their neighbors or friends belonged.
An Iraqi woman shows the pictures of her husband's torture which she carries with her at all times. Afraid of being deported since she does not have refugee status, she plans to show them to police as her reason for fleeing the country.

The religious violence seen in Iraq today was not present until the fall of the Saddam regime. Refugees say that previously Sunnis and Shias lived together and most were not aware of the sect to which their neighbors or friends belonged.