Violent Valentine

"Back in Baghdad. Arrived Thursday, and trying to get used to the darkness and noise again.

I'm not sure how tommorrow is going to end up, but i hope no bombs- Hussam al Rassam sings romantically to his audience "anfijir yam al bab lo ma ligata"-'I'll explode near the door, if i don't find him', so naturally I worry about how we are going to display our affection on Valentines Day. :D
To tell you the truth, I genuinely didn't expect anyone here to celebrate Valentines Day, but oh how wrong was I. Shops and stalls are filled to the brim with overstuffed bears holding lovehearts, and I couldn't contain my laughter when shop keepers boast of their imported flowers-flown from France and Germany. So thats why there were no planes. They were being used by cunning buisnessmen to fly flowers to Baghdad."
Fog el Nakhal