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1 ffi Worl< in pairs. Discuss what problems might be
experienced by two people wanting to be a couple if:
a they're from different continents. Love and War
b they follow different religions.
c one is from a rich family and the otherfrom an ordinary
working-class family.

ffi Share your ideas from exercise 1 with the ctass.
Decide whether a, b or c woutd create the most problems.
Would you personally be witting to face these problems for
the right person?
Read the text quickly. Which of the problems from exercise 1
did Ehdaa and Sean face?
Read the text again. Are the sentences true or false?
ln which paragraph A-K can you find evidence to support ' A They say all's fair in love and war; unless, perhaps, it
your answers? involves the US Army. A year ago, when an American
1 At their first meeting the attraction between Sean and soldier fell in love in Baghdad, his commander ordered him
not to marry. What was a heartsick soldier to do? Well,
Ehdaa was physicat. u
2 The writer finds it surprising that the army was not more Sgt Sean Blackwell launched a secret mission to marry
the lraqi woman he loved. That's when the Army came
supportive of the relationship between Sean and Ehdaa.
down with both boots and ordered Blackwell home, 11,000
3 Sean's commanding officer made it impossibte for Sean
kilometres from his bride, Ehdaa, apparently never to see
and Ehdaa to see each other after the wedding.
her again.
4 As Ehdaa set off to be reunited with Sean, she was
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preoccupied with the risks of the journey. B But there was 0ne thing the Army didn't count on. lt's
5 Members of Sean's patroI knew that the secret wedding something else they say about romance - that love, of
was going to take place. course, conquers all. lt's 6 a.m. in Baghdad and Ehdaa
6 Sean took time off from his army duties in lraq in order to Blackwell is donning a bullet-proof vest. She's filled with
be with Ehdaa. hope for a new future. even as she waves goodbye to
7 The fact that there has been media interest in Ehdaa's 'u everything she has ever known. Ehdaa is making a run of
500 kilometres through the dangers of the Sunni Triangle,
story makes it easier for her to enter Jordan.
8 Sean and Ehdaa found it difficutt to communicate with trying to reach her new American husband, the one that
each other when they were face to face. the Army ordered out of her life. 'Sometimes, you .iust fall
in love and you don't know why. I think it's our fate,' says
9 The army overestimated the strength of feeling between 20
Sean and Ehdaa. Ehdaa. 'l think we're meant to be together. I just can't wait
to see him.'
10 The rules of the mititary forbid sotdiers from marrying
IocaI civitians white on active service. C The dream is to bring together two lives that couldn't be
l7 Sean feels stightty awkward when he is reunited with more different. Ehdaa grew up wealthy in a country at
Ehdaa in lordan. war. Sean grew up peacefully, in a working-class area
t2 Sean changed his retigious beliefs before marrying 'u in Florida. He listened t0 c0untry music; she listened to
Ehdaa. Saddam. She wentto medical school; he held to a family
tradition, following his father and six uncles into the
military.
Many military words and phrases can be used in a literal D After the fall of Baghdad, Blackwell landed in one of those
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sense to describe mititary events, or in a figurative places where the tension was greatest, Baghdad's biggest
sense to describe other kinds of events. hospital. 0ne day, amid the chaos, in walked Ehdaa, a
young lraqi doctor. 'To be honest, when I first met her, I was
Literal: Coesar's armies outflanked their enemy ond
ottocked them from behind. like, you know, she's very, very attractive, but you know,
what's the point of trying to start a relationship over here?'
Figurative: The Prime Minister's announcement hos 3u
outflanked his opponents, who were planning to raise recalls Blackwell.'And the more we talked, the more we
started to learn about each other, and it didn'ttake long fo1
this very issue themselves.
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