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Iraqis in central Ohio watch handover, hope for peace and stability

Iraqis living in central Ohio have been watching the news carefully over the last few days as power was transferred from the US to the Iraqi provisional government.

WOSU's Mike Thompson spoke with a pair of Iraqi women now living in Columbus and asked them about their hopes and fears for the future.

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Mike Thompson spends much of his time correcting people who mispronounce the name of his hometown – Worcester, Massachusetts. Mike studied broadcast journalism at Syracuse University when he was not running in circles – as a distance runner on the SU track team.