U.S. Army Cpl. Michael McNally hands out stuffed animals to Iraqi children during a routine visit to the Hussein Iraqi Police Station in Diwaniyah, Iraq, on July 30, 2008. McNally is assigned to the 16th Military Police Brigade, 511th Military Police Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd Squad. DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew, U.S. Air Force. (Released)From McClatchy Washington:
BAGHDAD — For the past few years, Nawal Abdulla Hadi of Baghdad couldn't travel to see her family for the Eid al Adha, giving up the traditional reunion during the annual Muslim holiday because the roads weren't safe.
The explosions that regularly shook her neighborhood in 2006 and 2007 have ceased, however, so she'll pack the kids Wednesday and take them to see their grandparents in Hillah, a city about 60 miles south of Baghdad
"This is the first time we've left our house in the Eid," she said, smiling, in a public park along the Tigris River on Tuesday with her six children and husband.
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My Comment: In the past, Eid was always marked by an increase in sectarian bombings and killings. We can only hope that the trend towards peace and reconciliation continues.