This is Baghdad. What Could be Worse?

UW-Madison Grad Anthony Shadid: It had been almost a year since I was in the Iraqi capital, where I worked as a reporter in the days of Saddam Hussein, the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, and the occupation, guerrilla war and religious resurgence that followed. On my return, it was difficult to grasp how atomized and … Continue reading This is Baghdad. What Could be Worse?