A boy with a hunting rifle runs through the British Cemetery in central Baghdad during a sandstorm, March 2003.
Iraqi youth who came of age during the post-2003 turmoil share a sense of hopelessness and disempowerment.
Across the political spectrum, they feel trapped: join a protest movement or militia, or emigrate.
Even amid the severe challenges the government and its partners face, this generation must be prioritised, lest Iraq’s most important resource become a major security threat.
Source www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/iraq/fight-or-flight-desperate-plight-iraq-s-generation-2000
Across the political spectrum, they feel trapped: join a protest movement or militia, or emigrate.
Even amid the severe challenges the government and its partners face, this generation must be prioritised, lest Iraq’s most important resource become a major security threat.
Source www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/iraq/fight-or-flight-desperate-plight-iraq-s-generation-2000
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