Iraqis Reopen Bridge Linking Baghdad Districts

The promise of a prosperous future for Iraq took one step closer to becoming a reality when the Sarafiyah Bridge linking Baghdad’s Rusafa and Karkh districts was reopened May 27 after being rebuilt. The Sarafiyah Bridge, that crosses the Tigris River in the Iraqi capital, was destroyed by terrorists in an April 12, 2007, vehicle-bomb attack. [snip]

"We didn't have a direct role in this,” he said. “It was Iraqi-led, Iraqi-designed, and there were very few coalition members there."

“The terrorists tried to send a message: 'We would like to cut the communication lines between these two main groups in Iraq.' But luckily, they didn't manage to do that. And [the local people] sent the message back: 'Here we are, and we are together.'"

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