Friday, April 27, 2012

Iraqi plate dealers benefit as new car sales soar

In this Tuesday, April 10, 2012 photo, Hadi Salam removes his car plate from his old car at a vehicle scrapyard in the southeastern Zafaraniya neighborhood of Baghdad. Iraq. In the Iraqi capital, the bald tires, balky engine and three decades of wear weren't much of a problem. What the buyer really wanted was the old white license plate, a commodity far more valuable than the rusting clunker itself. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)By the time Ibrahim Khaled Mohammed turned to a car dealer looking for an offer, his 1983 Volkswagen Passat could barely move.


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