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Iraq's rich history eludes to potential as great nation.
Byline: Jeff Kunerth
ORLANDO, Fla. _ Back when Iraq was part of the Ottoman Empire, the Turks had a definition for arrogant people: They "walked like a Baghdadi."
The Iraqi strut of the 16th century came from the days when Baghdad, an ancient city of 1 million people, was considered the epicenter of the Arab world, producing the region's leading doctors, philosophers, mathematicians and religious leaders.
Today, Baghdad _ a city of 5 million _ is the bull's-eye of President Bush's war on terrorism. After more than a decade of economic sanctions, it's a city of inadequate hospitals, an educational system in collapse and a plummeting standard of ...
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