Guilt by Association

"They are part of the regime," he says. "They are not farmers. All of them were there to run those atrocious government institutions, and they were given good salaries."

Sabina Abdullah, of the Al-Nadawi clan, insists this was not true of her family. "We were not Baathists," she says. "None of my family were officers. We had nothing to do with the party." She has no kind words for the past regime, and little understanding of the men who evicted her and her family this time.

photo: Jehad Nga

A Palestinian couple, both residents of a camp in Baghdad housing many Palestinians recently evicted from their homes

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