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Not OP, but I have family that has traveled back home and I can tell you that, in general, Northern Iraq is fairly safe, and Kurdistan region especially. You would be surprised to see how people are dressing, and the malls are very Westernized. During old regimes, haircuts, tattoos, and other ways of expressing yourself were suppressed, but now it's more open. Abuse of authoritative power, however, is still a potential issue though (I guess you can say that for many countries). Checkpoints are set up all over the country, so traveling North or South, you are for sure to encounter them. Persecution still exists, but rotten apples exist everywhere.

The reason that many support Saddam is that he controlled chaos, even though it was out of fear. A lot of good came from his ruling too, such as the highways he built, mandatory education, and economic flow. In general, some people like the way life was when he was around because there was a sense of stability as compared to life after Saddam, "freedom" if you will. But let's be honest, it isn't real freedom if you always have to make sure you don't accidentally offend the high and mighty and his family.

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In your professional opinion, what are the next general steps we need to take, as earth's inhabitants, to counter the negative effects of the glacier issues?