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Life in the slow lane for Iraq's gridlocked traffic / 32CC7PV
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Taxi driver Osama Mohammed shuts off his overheated car's engine and pours water to cool it down due to the increased traffic jams in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad. "The streets haven't been modernised since 1963", says Hussein, a traffic officer. Experts point at many reasons for the growing chaos: a post-war mini boom, the war-battered infrastructure and security checkpoints. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES