Friday the 13th in Baghdad was just another day. Got out around middday and did a bit of souvenir hunting, found a bewt of a AKM bayonet, Tabuk, Iraqi made on Yugo machinery, and matching serial numbers too! Scrounged that up near the famous Crossed Swords landmark.
In the evening we watched Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood, and then there was a wicked wind/dust storm, followed by intense lighting, rain and good amounts of thunder, but it was thunder this time.
On the 11th we had a series of attacks in our area. 122mm rockets, mortars, etc. Some crumping in uncomfortably close. That even made CNN! At least that was on the 11th, and not the 13!
Since Fridays are the holy day here, seems the AIF slow things down a bit anyways.
Regards from the Sand Box,
Wes