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Private Business in Iraq Suffers Under War Threat Trade sanctions and the threat of war have left the small Iraqi business community jittery. Customers are buying only necessities. Private business owners are suffering, and selling off what they can, while they can. NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Baghdad (5:21)
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Private Business in Iraq Suffers Under War Threat

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Trade sanctions and the threat of war have left the small Iraqi business community jittery. Customers are buying only necessities. Private business owners are suffering, and selling off what they can, while they can. NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Baghdad (5:21)
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