A Craving for Shiny New Cars in Baghdad

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BAGHDAD -- Business, not bombs, is booming at Baghdad car dealerships, as well-heeled Iraqis are indulging in a passion long out of reach -- spiffy, new cars.

BMWs, Nissans, Hyundais and even military-style Hummers are now weaving around the shabby, smoke-belching wrecks and donkey carts that have clogged the streets over two decades of sanctions and war.

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A Craving for Shiny New Cars in Baghdad

That may make Baghdad one of the few cities worldwide where the auto industry is doing relatively well -- at least compared to the worst of the war, when sales were stagnant. With i...

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