How can a wedding hall like this be allowed to stay open when it did not meet any of the safety requirements? asked Hanan Matti, who heads the Beth Nahrain Organization for Women in Qaraqosh.
To many in Qaraqosh, the fire was yet another example of how Iraq's business and government culture is beset by corruption, incompetence and petty greed.
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