Last Friday was the start of Ramadam or as I like to call it, Ram-a-dam-a-ding-dong. It's a time where muslims are pissed off during the day because they can't eat or drink but they get to hoop and holler it up at night. And since there are a significant number of Bosnians working for the Army, it's not just arabs that can't eat or drink during the day. Bosnian are eastern europeans who are white and are muslim (Sunni not Shite). Serbs are eastern europeans who are white and are generally eastern Orthodox Christian (kinda sorta Catholic, but not). Bosnians tend to be muslim like most arabs tend to be muslim. It's a national identity thing (one is muslim because one is Bosnian). Anyway, pissed off people tend to share their general unhappiness so we're expecting more attacks this month. But on a positive note, last Friday was the first day that we went to 'HEAT CATEGORY 4'. What this means is that it is gradually getting cooler (but it was still 120 yesterday). So now instead of 'ridiculously hot' it's just simply 'dang hot'. Eh, such is life in a war zone.
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- Name: Chris in Iraq
I'm a contractor in Iraq working for the US Army and have been so for several years now. This blog is about that experience from my humble point of view
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