By Baghdadhope
Source: Asia Times Online
By Stephen Starr DAMASCUS -
Like thousands of other Iraqi refugees, Leila Johana Isho lives in a state of flux. Driven from Baghdad after seeing her husband abducted by a group of Saddam Hussein-era loyalists, she and her three children are holding up in a three-room apartment, where they share a single bedroom. "The main problem for us right now is the rent and to afford a house in Damascus because everything has become more expensive," said Leila.
The woman's husband worked as a servant at one of Saddam's palaces in the Mansour area and as the country descended into a living nightmare in 2004, he was kidnapped by people who thought they could extract money from him because of his job at the palace.
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