Before the war, it was Saddam's enemies who fled. Then, it was his supporters. Now, a fresh wave of middle class refugees is joining the Diaspora. "I'm leaving for Syria because we've had it with this place," states one elderly lady. Her son was murdered by insurgents and two neighbours were murdered yesterday. Hairdresser Afrah Shaheed Jasim has reluctantly decided to join the exodus. She was threatened by insurgents who wanted her to stop hairdressing. "They told me to stop working or I'd lose my sons". A perverse nostalgia has taken root for the 'good old times' under Saddam. "Life here was great. I've been working for 14 years and managed to buy a house and a car." Now she will have to leave all that behind and forge a new life in Syria. "Everyone loves their homeland but ours has become unlovable," reasons Afrah's 13 year old son. "There's nothing good about it." He points out the friends that have been killed or kidnapped from his school photo. Two weeks on, the boys have settled down well in Syria, Their old life in Baghdad is now the stuff of nightmares.