Mood:  accident prone
Topic: Daily Life
A few days ago one of my Iraqi coworkers brought her daughter to work. I guess she couldn't find anyone to watch the girl that day and felt it was too dangerous to leave her at home by herself. All the same, my coworker took a big risk. A young child could easily make a mistake and tell someone that her mother works for the Americans.

Most of the Iraqis working for Americans don't tell their family what they do, and some don't even tell their spouses. As more and more people learn that someone works for the Americans, it increases the risk that one of the bad guys will find out. If an insurgent finds out . . . well . . . let's just say that the insurgent don't like anyone connected with the Americans.

And in other news, it seems that more and more newspapers are trying to answer one of the most heated questions about Iraq - is America winning or losing the war in Iraq. A critical review of what is happening in Iraq is well overdue.