b_179_129_16777215_00_images_IRQ130228JR011.jpegKIRKUK, Iraq - With the sun still rising in the Iraqi sky, a man climbs out of bed. Gathering everything he needs for his two-hour journey to work from the city where he lives, Diwaniyah, to Iraq's capital of Baghdad, he kisses each member of his family and takes a last look at them.

"When I go out in the morning for work, I kiss my family goodbye because I might not come back," said Semad Ali, a technical assistant working for a private environmental group.

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