Lost in Translation
Wednesday, 8 November 2006
It was the toughest jigsaw puzzle ever seen.
It’s a cosmopolitan crowd here. Americans, Brits, Germans, Iraqis, Jordanians, Lebanese, Serbians, Croats. Majdi, Jordanian Fixer(left), gave two Iraq
Brace Yourself
Tuesday, 7 November 2006
Park your car in the wrong place here and they clamp your neck not your wheel. Only kidding of course. In reality they blow you up.
I’m not being throttled but having my life saved. This was part
BBQ
Friday, 3 November 2006
Mazzin was a Brigadier-General in Saddam’s army. He fought in the Iran-Iraq war and in the first war against the West. He could have shot Saddam. “But that man, he turned and looked straight at me,
On the ground - but not for long
Saturday 28th October
It was supposed to be a success story. CPIC, the US military’s Combined Press Information Centre, sorry Center, arranged for us to go to Saab al Bour. The town is on the North-Eastern outskirts of
A day out!
Tuesday, 24 October 2006
We went all of 30 yards down the road today to experience an Eid celebration. It was a delight to get out at last. It was another glorious property owned by a chap who runs, or at least ran, a