The road home to Baghdad. (Iraq Diary).

National Catholic Reporter | April 4, 2003| | Copyright

Tuesday, March 25, 2003 Nightfall in Baghdad

I'm writing this as our Christian Peacemakers Team is in its 13-hour drive across the desert, now about an hour and a half short of Baghdad. Leah, Jonathan, Weldon and I are in the second van, together with our driver, Mohammed. Just ahead of us are Sis, Jerry, Kara, Sean and Dave, driven by Mohammed's brother. We've been piercing a sandstorm for several hours.

As we encountered a bombed out bridge, we went around through a town where American forces were reportedly fighting Iraqis. They weren't there. The ...

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