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sunlight is religiously excluded. When your eyes become used to the semi darkness you discover the shopkeepers sitting in apertures in the walls, which any respectable dog would refuse as a domicile and robbing the public in the same old way as their forefathers robbed the subjects of Haroun-er-Raschid. Or should I say attempting to rob. The old Arab is a hard bargain driver. Nowadays they have electric light, fans, picture shows & cafes by the dozen in Baghdad and before the summer started I had hopes of either going to India on leave or spending the Summer in comparative comfort at HQ, but the break up of the Sig Sqdn and our subsequent transfer

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