Six years ago, on March 20 2003, the Iraq war began.
The turmoil and upheavals which followed the invasion turned many people's lives upside down and disrupted many everyday activities.
The BBC's Jim Muir has been talking to Abu Ra'id and finding out about how a group of pigeon fanciers have managed to keep up their passionate pursuit through the darkest of times.
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