A Lawyer in Iraq
I've just put Cigars in the Sand onto our blogroll, and you should take the time to check it out immediately. It's written by a lawyer friend of mine who left the safe, if not exactly comfy, confines of the White House Homeland Security Council to help support the effort in Iraq, where he's advising the Iraqis about border security. Ryan is a straight shooter, and if his blog is anywhere near as interesting as the emails he's been sending out for a while, you'll want to make visits daily. At the very least you should check out the photo attached to this caption:

Terrorists often fire mortars into the Green Zone. Luckily the Green Zone is
large enough that most fall harmlessly in unpopulated areas. Unfortunately
they occasionally cause massive damage. This photo is the aftermath of the
mortar attack on Thanksgiving Day that killed 4 Gurkha guards and wounded
about 12 others.

That's Ryan in the foreground.

- posted by Tom Sawyer @ 9:23 AM