Sectarian Strife Fuels Gun Sales in Baghdad
With chipped, painted fingernails, Nahrawan al-Janabi picked up a cartridge and slid it into the chamber. “Like this,” she said, loading her new Glock pistol with a loud, satisfying click. “You see, like this.” Akram Abdulzahra now keeps his revolver handy at his job in an Internet cafe. Haidar Hussein, a Baghdad bookseller, just bought a fully automatic assault rifle and has been teaching his wife how to shoot. Full Story