Mood:  sad
Topic: Scary Stuff
An Iraqi working on my compound died the other day. She worked in the financial management office. I didn't know her very well. I just know that was seemed to smile a lot and was very helpful to anyone who needed help fixing a payroll problem.

Unlike a lot of bad things that happen here in Iraq, she wasn't killed by one of the countless car bombs or improvised explosives you hear so much about. The bullet that landed in the back of her neck wasn't even directly aimed it her. The security officials believe that it was simply a stray bullet that missed its target and flew aimlessly through the air for a great distance before it finally connected with her. As most people like to say here, she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. A lot of people in Iraq are in the wrong place at the wrong time, but it never gets reported in the news. It doesn't change the fact that they are dead.