Iraq holds first nationwide census in nearly four decades
by editors@theworld.org (Omar Duwaji) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6SDCD)
Over the past two days, Iraq held its first census in nearly four decades. The government has ordered a nationwide curfew in order to carry out the count. Iraq's population is expected to rise to 44 million people. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Hamzeh Hadad, a visiting fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations, about the census and the ethnic and sectarian tensions surrounding it.