Before driving to Ramadi on Wednesday, we spent the night at the home of a Shia family in Sadr City. ‘There is no difference between Falluja and Sadr City,’ said Nassir Salman, a barber who was working late. ‘They are fighting and we are fighting. Inshallah , there will be jihad. But we are jealous of Falluja. We are waiting for our leaders to declare jihad. Now, it is worse than Saddam. He killed secretly – but the Americans kill us on the streets.’
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