Judaida

"Today a life was almost taken needlessly in the Judaida district of Najaf, where I have been staying and where 3 out of 4 Grand Ayatollah's live. The security here is tight, cars are not allowed to enter the roads leading to any of the Grand Ayatollahs homes/offices and there is checkpoint after checkpoint. Judaida is the home of the 7th Battalion who are also known as the MPF (Marja'iya Protection Force). This is Najaf's Green Zone.

At 1:30am I heard some commotion outside the house, as I got to the window I heard the unmistakable sound of an AK-47 being cocked followed by shouts of "Drop your weapon!...surrender yourself!...shoot him!...shoot him now!". Less than a second later a single shot was fired. I quickly grabbed my gun and ran down the stairs and out of the house to see what was going on. I saw members of the MPF and armed locals who, like me, had come out in their PJ's standing around 2 civilians, both of whom were armed."
Eye Raki