Iraq's big day

So tomorrow is the big day - the verdict for the Dujail trial. Hard to see a not guilty verdict coming in. So far, so good. If they also sentence him tomorrow, i.e. confirm or not the death penalty, this place explodes. I don't know what will happen but if they sentence him tomorrow they're nuts. Not just Baghdad but the whole country will go ape shit if they do the sentencing tomorrow.

Not too much new happening lately. There was that American soldier/translator who went to see his Iraqi wife and never came home, so they locked down Sadr City looking for him. There was an air strike there one day last week as well which we hear took out a major terrorist too. It's about time they had a crack at that place. The Iraqi PM wasn't too pleased about it but that's because half his cabinet members have got malitias too of which Sadr is just an example, directly or indirectly. He is a disaster for the Iraqis and Americans alike. His days must be numbered but let's see how he goes.

There was a real upsurge in rockets into the IZ after he lifted that siege. Not that much of a shock really.