2008/05/29 Baghdad
Desk
Badges
Presently I’m in the Green Zone at the guesthouse of a security company.
This is the desk where I’m working on.
The Green Zone has been fairly quiet the last couple of days, or so I have been told.
Tonight I was supposed to visit “little Venice” where the more important Iraqi politicians live, but at the last moment I was informed that this is off-limits, even for holders with a press card issued by the CPIC in Baghdad.
To open doors here you need four, five badges.
But even in that case it’s fair to say that we are all prisoners of the Green Zone.
Fruit and vegetables are a rare commodity here. Whereas at the D-Fac in Camp Taji there was a surplus of kiwis, melons and pineapples.
Cannot wait to go to the Red Zone.
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Are there important Iraqi politicians?
I think they're as hard to come by as fruits and vegetables, as long as their country is divided in Green and Red zones.
I think they're as hard to come by as fruits and vegetables, as long as their country is divided in Green and Red zones.
Hm, that's not very well written, with 4 x "as" in one sentence.
On another note, I like your desktop. It's disorderly, but not yet a complete mess.
On another note, I like your desktop. It's disorderly, but not yet a complete mess.
FROM PADUA
Hi Arnon,here's the couple from Padua/Sicily/New Zealand that had a dinner with you and other nice fellows in Padua tha last night you were here. We hope you remember us, it was nice meeting you.
We prepared a little gift for you and we would love to send it to you, you can write to our email sending us your adress so that we can send it.
Bye and give a human hug to iraqi people.
Lisa&Andrea
This time I would not object to imprisonment.
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