Iraq War refugees trapped in no man’s land

"Every morning we wake up and go around to find water and other things from the truck drivers. We are living by begging," says Khabet Mohammadi, who is one of about 200 refugees stranded on Iraq's border with Jordan (...) The refugees are Iranian Kurds. Most left Iran in 1982, or were born in Iraq. They lived in a refugee camp about 90 miles from Baghdad before the 2003 U.S. invasion. But after the fall of Baghdad, they received threats...

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