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  • Seatbelts and Shakedowns: Security, Baghdad Style

    Larry Kaplow | Jun 6, 2008 03:19 PM
    It’s always been a good idea to wear seatbelts in the capital’s chaotic and obstacle-strewn streets. But whenever I’ve started to buckle in my Iraqi colleagues would warn me off it. Baghdadis don’t wear seatbelts, so the danger of showing myself as a... More