Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have fled, prompting fears of a brewing humanitarian crisis. Most shops in Bartilla are closed. Their owners have either left or don’t bother opening. Business is down; power is out. But Father Binham Lallou proudly points to the new renovations at his church — the granite archways, the floor he always wanted to build. He remembers coming to the church as a boy.
“What are we supposed to do?” he wonders out loud. “This is our land, our church that our ancestors built. This evil can’t continue. A day will come when people will come to their senses.”
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