Baghdad – Sudden Normalization, Continuing Surprise
Baghdad feels more and more normal, but still utterly surprising. It’s amazing how quickly you get used to things. Baghdad now feels normal to me. I mean, life is nowhere near back to normal, but the chaos and craziness is [...]
Baghdad – A Lying Marine
I get pissed off at an article I read. Here’s the article, along with my commentary in bold: U.S. General Says Baghdad Power to Be Restored Thu April 17, 2003 06:20 AM ET By Matthew Green BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The commander [...]
Baghdad – Too tired to type much
And I’m too tired to write a summary. A bit of firefight outside, a pleasant breeze. It’s not bad here. It goes in waves. There are such inconveniences. I’m on the 18th floor of the hotel now. I have my [...]
Baghdad – Filing Stress, Story Excitement
Another great day and difficult evening in this fascinating city. I had the most stressful evening and it had nothing to do with violence or danger. It was just trying to file my story for tonight. I have this great [...]
Baghdad – Total Chaos, surprising normalcy
Driving around Baghdad. Misery, death, anarchy. But all in all a good day. After yesterday’s terror, today was shockingly safe feeling. I went out with a reporter who is a friend of mine. We had a translator and a driver [...]
Baghdad – Surprising calm and pure terror
I drive to Baghdad. Moving through a country that doesn’t seem to have seen a war (on the surface) into a city that is a terrifying war-ravaged hell hole. (Cliche enough?) I would say that there were two hours today [...]