article by SABRINA TAVERNISE here.
But frustration is hardening into hopelessness, as families feel increasingly trapped by the many forces that are threatening to tear the country apart.
Insurgents fight gun battles on their streets. Sectarian divisions are seeping into their children's classrooms and even their own dinner table discussions. Their secular voices are barely audible above the din of religious politicians and the poorer Iraqis they appeal to.
The daily life the middle class describe is an obstacle course of gasoline lines, blocked roads and late-night generator repairs.
In these families' homes, the talk is mostly about leaving. "
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