BAGHDAD: Athir Kamel is an entertaining man. Working as a guide-cum-driver, his easy nature and endless jokes always put journalists at ease.
But on Friday evening, as he watched US troops walk in and out the Palestine Hotel like they owned it, he broke down: “I am ashamed to be an Iraqi. My heart is bleeding and no medicine can heal the wound. This is not my country any more.
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