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yesman065 · 07-15-2007, 07:10 PM

Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:50:02 +0400
Subject: A bad day in Baghdad!

Yesterday was a really bad day here in the green zone. We got attacked in the afternoon by the "Baghdad rocket man" and his crew. They put 35 of the 81 mm mortars right into the green zone here. It was pretty bad; we had 3 people killed and 21 wounded all in about 45 minutes. I was outside going back to my hooch to get some paperwork for the admin people at the front office and I got caught out in the open. I heard the first incoming so I ran over to the nearest shelter/bunker and another guy followed right in behind me. He was carrying a radio so we could hear what was going on with the emergency response frequency. We could hear all he the rounds going off. The worst part was we could hear them "walking" there way over towards our shelter/bunker. The radio was pretty much telling us the same thing. All we could do was lay down in the dirt on the bottom of the shelter/bunker and just wait. The sand kept working its way in from the sand bags on the top of the shelter/bunker and of course it was 110 degrees with not air circulation but you just got make the best of it. Well the shelling stopped so it did not get to us. We waited till the "All clear" call, got up off the dirt floor, dusted the sand and dirt off and I headed back to the office to get the paperwork turned in. So how was your day in America?

CDR "Downtown Baghdad"

07-15-2007, 07:10 PM	#5
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	A bad day in Baghdad! Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:50:02 +0400 Subject: A bad day in Baghdad! Yesterday was a really bad day here in the green zone. We got attacked in the afternoon by the "Baghdad rocket man" and his crew. They put 35 of the 81 mm mortars right into the green zone here. It was pretty bad; we had 3 people killed and 21 wounded all in about 45 minutes. I was outside going back to my hooch to get some paperwork for the admin people at the front office and I got caught out in the open. I heard the first incoming so I ran over to the nearest shelter/bunker and another guy followed right in behind me. He was carrying a radio so we could hear what was going on with the emergency response frequency. We could hear all he the rounds going off. The worst part was we could hear them "walking" there way over towards our shelter/bunker. The radio was pretty much telling us the same thing. All we could do was lay down in the dirt on the bottom of the shelter/bunker and just wait. The sand kept working its way in from the sand bags on the top of the shelter/bunker and of course it was 110 degrees with not air circulation but you just got make the best of it. Well the shelling stopped so it did not get to us. We waited till the "All clear" call, got up off the dirt floor, dusted the sand and dirt off and I headed back to the office to get the paperwork turned in. So how was your day in America? CDR "Downtown Baghdad"