Welcome

This blog starts from the time I spent in Baghdad 2006 to 2007, when I wanted to record some thoughts and give friends the inside mail on a crazy environment. Since then, after some time out from a broken ankle and between times working in London, I've been on the road again around eastern Europe, NZ and South America. So far. This continues with the hope of telling anyone who's interested about the new places I'm seeing and the people who make them interesting.

On the right you can find links to previous posts. I need to figure out how to get the order of current posts right. Maybe having used this for a few years it's the kind of thing I should have sussed...

Thanks for looking. Enjoy!

Sunday 7 January 2007

Gunfight at the Baghdad Corral

We heard this last night. There were 2 almighty explosions, one was a rocket and the other maybe mortars not long after, that landed in the IZ. Not too close to us but still very loud. Then we heard the small arms fire after that and it was in the direction of Haifa Street, just outside the IZ. There might be a few of these things in the coming days as Maliki has announced a crackdown and the militias (primarily al-Sadr's Mahdi army) will be trying to flex their muscles. I am 50/50 between scepticism and hope that Maliki really will try and crack down. The next few days should be very interesting.

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