Eid al-Adha: a time for Iraq to remember its war dead

Umm Issam, 51, believes that her husband, who was killed during the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and was buried in the Wadi al-Salaam cemetery in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, “expects” her every Eid.  He would be sad if she were late to visit. About two years ago, Umm Issam could not make it on time to weep and pray at his gr…