Iraq: what lies ahead? As many Iraqi people struggle for
survival, world leaders shape plans for their future. (News
Special).Since March 19, when U.S.-led forces began a war
against Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraqi civilians have had to
contend with bombings and bloodshed blood·shed The shedding of
blood, especially the injury or killing of people. Noun 1. . For
many, the war is simply more misery that the world has rained
down on their country. But many others have held out hope that
the presence of coalition forces (U.S. and British troops and
their allies) will mean freedom from a repressive government.
One New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle
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Canadian province of Times reporter, traveling with the 101st
U.S. Army Airborne Division, wrote of an encounter outside
Baghdad with an Iraqi child. The boy, about 6