The girl, Noor al-Zahra Haider, was the beneficiary of one ... After years of punishing international sanctions under Hussein's rule and then war, children like Noor were an afterthought.

Haider was again leaving Baghdad with Noor. Again, he felt there was no choice. At 35, Haider has survived a mandatory stint in Saddam Hussein's army, the 2003 US-led invasion, the rise of al ...