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June 1, 2009
Posted: 901 GMT

CNN Producer Mohammed Tawfeeq snapped these photos while he was working on CNN's Special Documentary: "Inside Iraq: Living with the Enemy".

Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. CNN's Arwa Damon shoots a piece to camera for 'Inside Iraq: Living with the Enemy'. Shooting on mosque grounds in the conservative and still dangerous Radhwaniya area, Arwa had to cover her hair.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. CNN's Arwa Damon shoots a piece to camera for 'Inside Iraq: Living with the Enemy'. Shooting on mosque grounds in the conservative and still dangerous Radhwaniya area, Arwa had to cover her hair.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. Two sisters play inside a tent at Taji refugee camp
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. Two sisters play inside a tent at Taji refugee camp
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. This woman gave birth in the Taji refugee camp after being driven out of her house by sectarian violence.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. This woman gave birth in the Taji refugee camp after being driven out of her house by sectarian violence.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. A torture room inside a mosque used by Shiite militiamen to torture people in Radhwaniya district in southeastern Baghdad. The local leader of the awakening council  of Radhwaniya is pointing his finger at a cable used by militiamen to hang people.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. A torture room inside a mosque used by Shiite militiamen to torture people in Radhwaniya district in southeastern Baghdad. The local leader of the awakening council of Radhwaniya is pointing his finger at a cable used by militiamen to hang people.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. CNN's Arwa Damon talks with members of the awakening council.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. CNN's Arwa Damon talks with members of the awakening council.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. Two Iraqi women who lost family members during the sectarian violence. Both are holding pictures for their family members who were killed by militiamen.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. Two Iraqi women who lost family members during the sectarian violence. Both are holding pictures for their family members who were killed by militiamen.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. CNN's Arwa Damon talks to two Iraqi women who have lost family during sectarian violence.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. CNN's Arwa Damon talks to two Iraqi women who have lost family during sectarian violence.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. Displaced children playing in Taji refugee camp in northern Baghdad. Their families fled their houses during the sectarian  violence.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. Displaced children playing in Taji refugee camp in northern Baghdad. Their families fled their houses during the sectarian violence.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. A Shiite displaced family living in a tent in Taji refugee camp.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. A Shiite displaced family living in a tent in Taji refugee camp.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. The backyard of the mosque in Radhwaniya where Iraqi security forces and awakening council members discover a number of bodies of people who were tortured and killed by Shiite militiamen.
Mohammed Tawfeeq/CNN. The backyard of the mosque in Radhwaniya where Iraqi security forces and awakening council members discover a number of bodies of people who were tortured and killed by Shiite militiamen.

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G.   June 5th, 2009 4:04 pm ET

When I hear of violence in general, in my own country which has a lot, or anywhere else, I wonder if these people ever had a baby, a mom, a dad, a brother, or a sis. Everyone that they hurt is one or more of these people. Would they want someone doing that to their loved ones? I can live with myself. I figure they have to do the same, and I wouldn't want to be them.

Chernor Jalloh   June 6th, 2009 3:57 pm ET

The time has come to make peace with each other and live as one people in Iraq.Too much of bloodshed is entirely un acceptable and it will deepen the hard conditons among many in a country which is known for its richness interms of oil and natural gas which could have hepled many Iraqis to be lifted out of poverty,but sadly though its economy was misused or mismanaged by a single family of tyranny who once felt that their days will not come for ever.

G.   June 7th, 2009 1:27 am ET

Chernor I say the same to many people in my own country, the U.S. There's too much violence.

Chernor Jalloh   June 7th, 2009 1:40 pm ET

My dear G,Iam quite happy for you having shared your colourful thoughts concerning the mayhem that is gripping the Iraqi people with me.As you may know someone like me who is not anIraqi has got a lot of sympathy to those poor Iraqis who have suffered a lot at first in the hands of a dictator and second sectarian violence and finally Al-Qaeda terrorists that are enemies of Islam.Osama Bin Laden is the father of all evils and I regret to say there are people instead of following the true religious teachings and work hard to make ends meet are being brain washed by evil groups like Al qaeda.

Yes, the US is partly responsible for what is going on in Iraq.The former US President Bush knew all along that there were no WMD and Saddam Hussein had no links with Al-Qaeda terrorists,but they insisted under a false oath to invade Iraq and now look what is going on.When the GIs pushed their way into the capital to liberate Iraqis trapped under a mob rule came an explosion of scandals in Abugraib and other prisons about how prisioners were treated in a very inhumane way.Brain drain is high,doctors who were once helping their own brothers and sisters to get the basic medical care have left the country in a hurry.I think even if the US army quits Iraq the scars left by the Americans can hardly fade away so easily and there is a growing fear that the country is going to descend in to anarchy and I pray it doesnot happen.

G.   June 7th, 2009 4:11 pm ET

Our Civil War lasted four years or more – the north and south deal. Then we moved on. Change is always painful. I hope many changes happen. But, at some point, it's got nothing to do with the U.S. except as a starting point. The people in the regions will work it out. Life, here, will never be perfect. That's about the only thing that I know for certain. I like this part of the world. I hope that it is happy. I hope people bother to write here once in awhile.

G.   June 7th, 2009 4:12 pm ET

Thanks for your time Chernor. I will read what you wrote a few times.


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