Hot-rodding cars has long been the work of rebellious youth, and now that the Iraqi dictatorship has fallen, freedom is allowing young Iraqis to starting hopping up their rides, including Fox Mustangs...

BAGHDAD -- Bilal Hussein gazed lovingly at his 1991 Mustang GT convertible. Sure, it already has a skull in a jester's hat stenciled on the hood, but if the sky were the limit, well. . . . He'd add monster tires, a new stereo "and a set of mufflers that shoot out flames."

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