Craziest. Vacation. Ever.
Aug. 28th, 2006 08:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabbyIn more cheerful news, one of my friends is back from Iraq. In hindsight, running into his arms and shrieking, "OMG YOU'RE NOT DEAD!" in the middle of Bloor St. was perhaps ill-advised, but I was happy to see him.
At any rate, it seems that the Kurdish region is not quite as safe and happy as you hear on the news. Dissenters—communists, trade unionists, and various progressives—are getting shot at, not just by the Americans but also by the government. So much for freeing the Kurds from teh evil Saddam. My friend says it hasn't worked out that well for them. And that's among the safer regions. Even he wasn't insane enough to go to Baghdad.
Not much of an update, I know; it was the middle of Bloor St., after all. I'll hopefully be able to catch up with him more at some point for some interesting details.
He had his reasons, but how insane do you have to be to go to Iraq on your summer vacation?
At any rate, it seems that the Kurdish region is not quite as safe and happy as you hear on the news. Dissenters—communists, trade unionists, and various progressives—are getting shot at, not just by the Americans but also by the government. So much for freeing the Kurds from teh evil Saddam. My friend says it hasn't worked out that well for them. And that's among the safer regions. Even he wasn't insane enough to go to Baghdad.
Not much of an update, I know; it was the middle of Bloor St., after all. I'll hopefully be able to catch up with him more at some point for some interesting details.
He had his reasons, but how insane do you have to be to go to Iraq on your summer vacation?
