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Widows of Iraqi soldiers who have died wait in line for their monthly payment of $50 at an Italian army base in Nasiriyah, Iraq, Tuesday, July 29, 2003. ..Since the 1991 uprising against Saddam Hussein in Shiite dominated Southern Iraq, people of this area have suffered greatly through his methods of disrupting daily life. For example, he would divert rivers to dry up the tributaries and swamps that life revolved around. Check points on on every other corner made it nearly impossible to go to work, the doctor, or visit family. Teachers made $5 U.S. per month and had to spend almost all of their salary for taxis in order to go to work.

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Widows of Iraqi soldiers who have died wait in line for their monthly payment of $50 at an Italian army base in Nasiriyah, Iraq, Tuesday, July 29, 2003. ..Since the 1991 uprising against Saddam Hussein in Shiite dominated Southern Iraq, people of this area have suffered greatly through his methods of disrupting daily life. For example, he would divert rivers to dry up the tributaries and swamps that life revolved around. Check points on on every other corner made it nearly impossible to go to work, the doctor, or visit family. Teachers made $5 U.S. per month and had to spend almost all of their salary for taxis in order to go to work.
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