One of my Iraqi coworkers was late for work this week because of a sniper attack. He left his house on time to begin his daily commute to the edge of the Green Zone where he parks he car before walking through the checkpoints, but as he was leaving his neighborhood, a sniper let out two quick shots at a local police station. The shots turned the police station and two nearby Iraqi military outposts into angry hornets' nests. Soldiers and police officers quickly fanned out and began searching every car, which caused a traffic jam that prevented my coworker from showing up at work on time.

When Iraqi coworker got to my compound, he told me that the sniper may have been the dreaded Juba, who has attacked Americans and Iraqis through the greater Baghdad area. This sniper is particularly good and seems to know how find the soft spots in soldier's armor.