Interesting piece from a British perspective about the ground-level in Baghdad. Downloadable as an MP3 as well. For the flavor of it:
I had always thought of the US army as an organisation that did not exactly ban creative thinking, but severely limited it at lower levels.

And there were Lieutenant Carlisle and Sergeant Perez wondering how important waving and smiling were in Arab culture or considering the value of removing your sunglasses when speaking to Iraqis.
Full article here