Personal Iraq Diary: 1-5 June 2004.

"One of the worst things in Iraq is the smell. From Shit Creek in town to the ever-burning trash piles throughout the city this place reeks. While sitting in Tower 17 you watch over a trash pile inside the wire that has been burning since the 101st was here. When the wind shifts it fills the tower with the smell of burning trash. It could make a noseless Billy goat puke. What else is bad is that even after mortars hitting the FOB at a rude and unseasonably early hour, 1400, the best I could come up with is hot garbage."
Candle in the Dark