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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Salam Faraj

Iraq Counts Cost Of Stray Bullets Fired In Anger Or Joy

A police officer registers a weapon at a private home in Baghdad (Credit: AFP)

At weddings, football matches and other special events, some Iraqi men like to fire salvos of celebratory gunfire into the sky, worrying little about where the bullets might fall.

For some Iraqis, the tradition has been devastating, as have random bullets from sporadic gun battles in a society still awash with weapons after decades of war and turmoil.

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