The Return

Hiya!

And soooooo sorry for the delay in writing... But just to let you know, I have been somewhat busy... and now it's home tweet home, and back to Baghdad.

It is amazing that on 4 Jan. 2004, it was the first time I enter Sulaimaniya city in the north, and on 4 Jan. 2006, I left it maybe for the last time. Oh, how things change in 2 years' time... The places I've been, and the things I've seen :)

Last week's main event, however, was the Iraqi Army's inspections in our region... As told by my family, it was done with high moral actions that combine with Iraqi tradition, such as asking for permission to go in the house, and speaking respectfully to elders.

As for the present, boom-booms and bang-bangs continued, 100 Iraqis died today, a close number yesterday; why?

There is something very important that nobody realizes, which is that we as Iraqis are ALL suffering from this, whatever we may be ethnically/sectarian speaking. Neither a bomb nor a bullet would ask you about your name or your city when it decides to blow up your way. As long as you are an Iraqi, then you are a target.

If the inside people doesn't really stick together and unite themselves; nobody from the outside will.

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Story of the Day: Ginny: The Dog Who Rescues Cats http://cats.about.com/library/weekly/aa032798.htm

After you finish reading the page, click "Next" to continue. Ginny, the Dog Who Rescues Cats by Philip Gonzalez and Leonore Fleischer Harper Collins Publisher ISBN 0060927801

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These Days in "my" History: 5 Jan. 1993: It rained "cats and dogs" for two days in Baghdad. Streets flooded, some houses along with its gardens. Our houses garden was a big lake for 3 days. "Water World" it is.