This is just a update of what's going on where my brother is in Bagdad. I want to be general as this stuff could actually be used to target the hospital he works. He is up operating 24 hours a day with one hour naps here and there. It seems pretty bad. Here is an excerpt from his email today.

"Sadir has broken the truce and we've been under a siege for the last 8 days, we went from the occasionally mortar attack to now constant mortar and rocket attacks on the order of 30-50 a day now. Two days ago I was doing an emergent postpartum hysterectomy on a woman bleeding out after having a baby at home, when a mortar hit the roof above my OR, it makes us very nervous, Its like a bad MASH episode but real..."

I really admire him. He always ends his letters with a statement like this.."I am also blessed to be here now, making a real difference in peoples lives... like a 9 yo Iraqi boy we took care of late last night in the OR who was shot through the neck, or the woman I mentioned above who would have bleed to death if left to the Iraqi health system... What the American Public doesn't know, is we treat and take care of ALL patients good guys, insurgents, American soldiers, Women, children...
Thanks for writing, take care"
God bless you all serving over there, and for those members with family over there my thoughts are with you, Steve.