Riverbend describes her family’s flight from Iraq
September 6, 2007 6:25 am Iraq
Baghdad Burning, September 6, 2007
I wonder at how the windows don’t rattle as the planes pass overhead. I’m trying to rid myself of the expectation that armed people in black will break through the door and into our lives. I’m trying to let my eyes grow accustomed to streets free of road blocks, hummers and pictures of Muqtada and the rest…