Yes, as much as the Dhimmicrats stick their heads in the sand the situation in Iraq is improving significantly. A most telling sign is the presence of retail liquor stores!

From James Hider in Baghdad
With security slowly improving in the city centre Iraqis are returning to a long-forgotten pastime — drinking. In the days when the Mahdi Army, the deadly guardians of Muslim morality, roamed central Baghdad at will, many alcohol vendors had their shops blown up and their colleagues kidnapped and murdered.

snip…..Paulus Ishaq, a Christian liquor salesman, sells quite openly over the counter from his shop on Sadoun Street, close to the Palestine Hotel.

“The Government controls the streets here. My other shop across the street was burnt down by the Mahdi Army four months ago, and I opened this new one a month ago,� he said.

“The Mahdi Army are still around, but not like before. There are many shops opening now around here.�

“Business is good now,� he said. “Iraqis like to drink.�

Business is even better in the Shia south, Mr Abdul said.

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