Ahmed says his relatives were targeted because one of his brothers was a judge and because Ahmed had represented Iraq in international competitions.
He returned to Iraq on July 30 and kept calling home from Baghdad, to no avail. Finally, Ahmed contacted someone in a nearby village who knew his family. “He gave me the horrible details,” Ahmed said.
Ahmed’s life has become one of struggling to survive without family, money or a place to call home, and maintaining the spirit to keep running.
“He still remembers his father’s advice to him to continue playing this game. He wants himself to be the winner always,” says Hakim, another runner.
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