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Taken from Chaldeannews.com/coverstory.htm

" “Life is much better in Alqosh now,” said Sabiha Barno, a 64-year- old woman who was born and raised in the northern Iraqi town. “The Americans are doing everything for us. They are providing running water, they are fixing our roads and our schools and they are bringing medicine.”


The historical town of nearly 7,000 people is tucked away in the mountains, and is known for religious miracles having been performed over the centuries — stories that have been passed on to every new generation.
It’s a life foreign to the more than 30 American soldiers stationed there, including a military physician and a minister, and Barno is surprised at how well they have adapted to the Chaldean culture.
“They all come to our weddings and parties bringing gifts,” Barno said of the soldiers. “They come knocking on our doors trying to see who is making dolma (stuffed grape leaves) for the day. They have fallen in love with our food and culture and some of them have asked to marry some of the young girls from Alqosh.”
The soldiers live in a monastery built centuries ago. Its name, when translated into English, is “Our Lady of Crops”. Barno said that for the first time in years, people feel safe in her town. However, not everyone in Iraq lives freely.
As widely reported, there are tensions, attacks and suicide bombings in Mosul and Baghdad. Barno’s daughter narrowly escaped death while leaving church one Sunday. She was just a few feet away from a car bomb that killed 10 people in Baghdad.
The mother of 10 children and 17 grandchildren is hopeful that life will only get better in her hometown. She believes that Alqosh will be one of the most traveled tourist attractions, and become known for its lavish landscape, historical buildings, biblical stories and churches. "



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