These men are not devout Middle Eastern Muslims who left a war-torn fundamentalist Arab society to attack the West.
He left a war-ravaged Kosovo in 1999 and was granted political asylum in the United States.
Her family left a war-torn Lebanon in 1989, when she was three years-old, relocating to Canada.
Even as you leave a war behind, you bring it with you.
It was Fox, however, that best illustrated another danger: when professional journalists leave a war zone, rumors can flow unchecked.
"People have to understand that you don't leave a war in the same way as you leave a gala dinner," Mr. Gbagbo said.
"Kirk Hammett once told me that coming off tour was like experiencing post-traumatic stress syndrome; he said it was like leaving a war and re-entering real life.
As American troops leave a war in Iraq for the second time in two decades, officials fret about Iran's ability to influence Iraq's leaders by recalling that lingering sense of betrayal from 1991.
KABUL, Afghanistan — After 19 months in Afghanistan, Gen. John R. Allen, the commander of American and coalition forces here, is leaving a war that has become as much about damage control and crisis diplomacy as fighting the Taliban.
The other, by the Libyan artist Shadi Al Zaqzouq, depicted a figure holding up a pair of men's underpants inscribed with the Arabic word "Irhal" (leave) — a war cry seen on the banners carried by street protesters across the region, demanding the ouster of their leaders.
