It is morning rush hour in Baghdad, and the emergency-room staff at Yarmouk Hospital is bracing itself for another grim load. Insurgent groups routinely mount their biggest attacks during the commuter crush: the heavy traffic guarantees them a high death toll, and the ensuing snarl-ups prevent police and military units from giving chase. For medical workers like Dr. Jalal Taha Emad, an emergency-room surgeon, each day begins with a foreboding of the mayhem to come. "When I am on my way to work, I sometimes look at people in the cars around me and wonder how many of them will end...
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