CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Most people might run in the opposite direction from Iraq right now.
Not Elizabeth Frawley.
The 17-year-old Charles Town resident wants to go there.
After studying Middle Eastern affairs at Jefferson High School and becoming fascinated with the subject, the junior said she is interested in seeing the Middle East, including Iraq.
Frawley said she knows people who are stationed in Iraq and wants to see what they are experiencing, rather than depending on what is reported in the news.
"It's just the most relevant thing right now," Frawley said of Middle Eastern issues.
Frawley said there is a unique balance between religion and the wars that occur in that region.
And she is interested in subjects such as whether the wars involving Israel over the years have their roots in situations that occurred thousands of years ago or whether there are more recent issues.