With a war on Iraq looming, some Iraqis in Kuala Lumpur relate the horrors they went through during the 1991 Gulf War. Although they are now safely away from a possible US attack, they worry about their families and friend left behind and vow that Iraqis will fight on, writes SHAHANAZ HABIB.
ATHOB Khalil was nine months' pregnant with her first child when the bombs and rockets came down on Baghdad that winter day of January 1991.
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