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01/14/2005:

"A Restless Calm..."

I'm typing as mortars are blasting away in the nearby "Green Zone." Mortars are easy to tell-the higher pitched 'thunk' of their launch, then a pause, then a loud boom that echoes through the still night. Blaring sirens wail in the distance, along with the random cracking of gunfire. Nightfall always seems to bring action in this area of central Baghdad-just last night there were many sporadic gun battles out my window.

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