More and more of the author's friends begin to think about leaving Baghdad, as she herself does in the mid-1990's.
The commotion for the survivors of the strike did not end when they left Baghdad.
More than 300 Soviet technicians have left Baghdad in the last week.
"We thought of leaving Baghdad, but where would we go?"
It was not clear when the allied prisoners would leave Baghdad.
They left Baghdad a few weeks ago, searching for a way to escape from Iraq.
She left Baghdad after her daughter and three young granddaughters were kidnapped.
He left Baghdad, where he had been living, in 1996.
Morale was good when he left Baghdad last week, he said, because "people are starting to see what they're working for over there."
The girl has been selected and will leave Baghdad for Paris in ten days' time.