Chris from Back to Iraq 2.0 reports from Tikrit: The appearance of calm is deceptive, they said. During the day, the police keep a semblance of order, but at night, roving gangs with guns have been terrorizing people in their homes. The people we talked to also said they had had no water for four days.

“Why doesn’t America do something?” asked Salima Abdul-Kadir Abdula, a nurse at the hospital in town. She can’t drive to work because she’s afraid of carjackings.

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