And, yes, I DO take it personally: "When Iraqis are texting from Baghdad to see if you're OK, you know it's not good."

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

"When Iraqis are texting from Baghdad to see if you're OK, you know it's not good."

no shit...

The first warplanes sheared through the sky at about 3:30 am Friday, just as the call to prayer wavered out from the mosque, the faint, pre-recorded voice of the muezzin drowned in the rising growl of their engines. The bombings began soon after, and the anti-aircraft guns kicked in at about 4 am; we didn't get to sleep until dawn.

I woke up at 9, when a text message bleeped into my cellphone. It was from a friend in Baghdad, who wrote, "I hope U R OK and fine. We all here in Iraq feel worried about U." I was glad to hear from him, but his message didn't make me feel any better: When Iraqis are texting from Baghdad to see if you're OK, you know it's not good.