Hmmmm
My father has now been deployed for one month and four days and today is the closest he's come to danger. I know I'm lucky but I'm still worried especially considering what happened today.
It hasn't been in the news yet this happened
BAGHDAD - A rocket attack on Thursday on the Green Zone, the heavily barricaded section of this city that contains the main government buildings and the United States Embassy, killed three foreign contractors who work for the embassy, and wounded 15, including two American citizens.
The contractors, two Ugandans and one Peruvian, were part of a force that guards the embassy and other American government facilities here, according to a statement released late Thursday by the embassy. The statement said, “This cruel and senseless attack will not deter the United States from carrying out its goal of working with the Iraqi government and people to build a democratic future.”
The attack served to highlight that Iraq remained a dangerous place for Americans, though they are leaving and the vast majority of violence is mostly directed at Iraqis in assassinations, roadside bombs and suicide car bombs. Violence is down sharply from its height during the sectarian civil war of 2006 and 2007, but hundreds of Iraqis still die each month.
My father was in the US Embassy when this happened...
He is fine but I still just don't know what to think.
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