In Love and War
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Theocracy Lite by Katha Pollitt, September 19, 2005
Nothing can quite describe life in Iraq by Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times, November 2008, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraqdispatch10-2008nov10,0,1647805.story
Zeinab Sadiq Jaafar and the Battle for Women in Iraq available at the Huffington Post, February 2009, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/madeleine-m-kunin/zeinab-sadiq-jaafar-and-t_b_163915.html
In the Twilight Zone by Orville Schell reporting for Salon. 2006, http://orvilleschell.com/in-the-twilight-zone/
An article on reporting in Baghdad by Wall Street Journal reporter Farnaz Fassihi, 2004, available online at http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/extra/archives/000955.html
At War, Notes from the front lines by Erica Goode from the New York Times’ Baghdad Bureau, September 2008, http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/author/erica-goode/
Covering Iraq: The Modern Way of War Correspondence by Michael Fumento for the National Review, November 2006, http://www.fumento.com/military/brigade.html
Inside the Green Zone by Brian Bennett/Baghdad for Time Magazine. 2007, http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1615188,00.html
Outside and Inside Iraq’s Borders: A Forgotten Exodus by Kenneth Bacon and Kristele Younes for the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/01/22/GR2008012202690.html
War Reporting in Iraq: Only Locals Need Apply: The Day of the Traditional Foreign Correspondent is Drawing to a Close By Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, Weekend Edition, March 2007, http://www.counterpunch.org/2007/03/03/war-reporting-in-iraq-only-locals-need-apply/
Map of the Green Zone as depicted by CNN at http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/images/cnn-green-zone-map.jpg
Weapons information provided by http://usmilitary.about.com/od/armyweapons/l/aainfantry2.htm
Maps of the region, and downtown Baghdad specifically, provided by National Geographic.com
I also used the internet extensively to read up on local foods, time zones, tools of Dylan’s trade, and to watch You Tube videos shot during the occupation of both patrols in Baghdad and within the Green Zone to get a sense of place.