European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page dating and Romance become another casualty of War in Iraq the associated press Baghdad wherefore Art Kareem he could be making the daily cell phone Call to his or maybe Hes off somewhere typing her a tender text message or basically Hes anywhere but on an actual Date with the woman he says he Romance always has been one of the expected casualties of so in Baghdad with no end to the violence in sight the dating game has been forced to Sweet nothings Are whispered into cell inboxes Are full of even old style matchmaking is getting Back in the High risks of going out far outweigh the pleasures of court the worst was when we were talking in a cafe one time and we heard a nearby explosion and gun recalled Kareem Abdulaziz about one Outing with 24yearold we we rent sure if the streets would be Safe enough for us to go that ended one of their 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comforted other orphans in the where 12 girls watched Iraq conflict is exacting an immense and largely unnoticed psychological toll on children and youth that will have Lon term said social work teachers and Aid workers in interviews across Baghdad and in neighbouring Jor with our limited the societal Impact is going to be very said Haider Abdul my one of the country few child this Genera Tion will become a very violent much worse than Dur ing Saddam Hussein since the invasion in 4 million iraqis have fled their half of them Chil according to the United nations childrens Many Are being killed inside their sanctuaries at on soccer Fields and in criminals Are routinely kidnapping children for Ransom As lawlessness goes violence has orphaned tens of Marwa copes by taking care of her Sisters and Tahsin Marwa helps them with their Homework and bathes on the she keeps careful Shes trying to substitute for the role of their said who has been a social worker for 15 but even As she tries to fill this she is in deep need for emotional support As Short and lean with a Square Abdul Muhsin started to focus on children Only last like Many of the estimated 60 psychiatrists who remain in he treated Only adults before the Back he Chil Dren with psychological prob lems were inside his Bare office at Ibn rushed psychiatric where armed guards frisk patients at the he flipped through a thick Ledger of in the past six he has treated 280 children and teenagers for psychological most ranging in age from 6 to in his private he has seen More than 650 patients in the past in a world health organization Survey of 600 children Ages 3 to 10 in Baghdad last 47 per cent said they had been exposed to a major traumatic event Over the past two of this 14 percent showed symptoms of Post traumatic stress in a second study of adolescents in the Northern City of 30 percent showed symptoms of the Many children live in Remote or dangerous sliced off from Baghdad by and some parents just Call me by and i try to advise Abdul Muhsin