Of Rain & Bang-Bangs

Hello All,
It has been raining for the past 24 hours or so, so there was no (national) electricity, and there was no internet even when the local generator electricity came... Auuugh!

Also, there were a couple of rockets shot from a 1-mile diameter from us towards the airport I guess, sometime in the early evening, helicopters followed in search for the shooters.

Gunshots also echoed across the region, especially before the rain, no shots were heard however since it rained sometime yesterday's afternoon.

People usually, elsewhere in this part of the world, merrily prepare for the Eid Al-Adha (Sacrifice Feast) or the Greater Feast Muslims celebrate this time of the lunar year. Right here, right now, it is just a 4-day long sit-at-home watch TV holiday, with no place to go... No parks, no car fuel to drive around to visit relatives, no mood for the relatives to visit each other... Thus, the remaining thing from the feast is the prayers and cookies...

Two things nothing would probably take away from us; yet, the cookies may be problematic if you run low on cooking gas... Remember, this is Iraq, the richest oil and gas reserve owning country on this planet Eayth!

Growl, here we go back to square zero!

So, I wrap up, as rain cleans the trees, and muds the dusty roads.