I was asleep in the afternoon, the time was around 6:30 pm, when a huge explosion rocked our area. It was not farther than 250 meters (270 yds) from our house.
The blast was so big to the extent that a 15 cm (half a foot) piece of debris fell in the street right in front of our door.
The American humvees came about 5 minutes after the accident.
The problem that we have in the area are the empty spaces filled with trash, which could be a fertile ground to plant explosive devices, not necessarily aimed at Iraqi or American forces, but civilians. Today's blast was near a market, and there was a blast at the same spot last month. We heard that at least one person was badly hit in the neck and was rushed to hospital.
What can we do... That's life in Baghdad...
