Mon. 14 Aug. started as calm as the day before. I went out early in the morning to one of the larger streets in our area, which is usually crowded when there is any movement.
It was 8 am when i reached the street, and found it, as well as the neighborhood, as if it was a ghost town. I ran into 3 tanks as i was returning home. Later that day, at around 6 pm, American tanks came and were deployed at our alley, then Iraqi troops came and filled the middle, and started searching houses along with the Amercian forces.
Some houses were searched by the US Army, some by the Iraqis. Our house was the Iraqis' share. They were a group of five soldiers. 2 sat with my family, and took some info about who lives in the house, as well as the car's registration documents, and last but definitely not least, the weapons in the house. Another 2 Iraqi soldiers went to look into the ground floor's rooms& the kitchen and all. The 5th soldier was accompanied by me, and he looked around upstairs and then it was all over.
It took about 10 mins. and we have, thus, been inspected.
