While the U.S. has targeted militia-linked locations in Iraq and Syria recently, a U.S. operation in a central location of Iraq's capital is exceedingly rare.
Iraq is in the throes of an addiction epidemic while seizures of crystal meth from Afghanistan and Iran have increased dramatically across the Middle East.
The changing climate is forcing southern Iraq's farm families to flee to cities such as Basra. But Basra's not ready, and they find little welcome.