Dream and disillusionment -- Summer 2003 : a time of hope -- Arrival -- Baghdad -- Najaf -- The hunting club -- The question -- Iraqi politics -- Assassination -- Truth and rumors in Baghdad -- The death of two dogs -- A walk on Saadoon street -- Gasoline -- Kadhmiya -- Winter 2003 : concerns mount -- Departure and return -- "We got him" -- Rearrival -- CPA adrift -- Finance committee -- Basra -- Basra II -- Basra III -- Car -- Suleymania -- Suleymania II -- Health club -- Generator -- Attack on an uncle -- Two conversations with my neighbor -- Ashura -- Spring 2004 : failure -- Falluja -- Moqtada -- One year after the fall -- Abu Ghraib -- American Embassy -- Jogging -- Victory of sorts -- Suleymania redux -- Mondays at the reef -- Yet I remain -- Food -- Swimming pool -- Outdoors -- Departure -- Marriage, election, and beyond -- Summer 2004 : hope and despair -- Return to Baghdad -- The Suleymania grind -- Ali Beg -- Flight from Baghdad -- A new development -- Halabja -- Sara -- Conversations with Sara -- Suleymania departure -- Final descent into Baghdad - Stranded -- Nuptial Preparations -- Kandakher -- New year's day -- Engagement -- Work -- Final extension -- A trip to Kirkuk -- Pre-election -- Election day -- Request -- Ho-hum -- University invasion -- Nawruz -- Two-year anniversary -- Ahmedawa -- Wedding.
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