Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

More from an Army Captain we know, who is stationed in Iraq and who will remain anonymous:

Hello to everyone from the unemployment capital of the world.

First week of September is down, and no signs of slowing down. This week I was granted another project by our Commanding General.

Next to my building there is an abandoned lot that has become some what of an impromptu dump site. I am going to put in a basketball gymnasium, a soccer stadium, and a playground for kids.

My Colonel is new and has only known me for two months, and is not accustomed to my bigger-is-better philosophy. So when I told him I had a hydraulic catapult ride coming in from Six Flags he almost had a heart attack. All kidding aside, though, I am going to try my darndest to make a miniature Disney.

And the soccer field–I am working on a little surprise there as well. I am working on getting Astroturf flown into Baghdad to make the first artificial soccer field in all of Iraq.

So now I am heading this unemployment beast, and trying to work on the soccer field. Makes the time go by quickly.

A couple of the Captains I live with play guitar also, so we chipped in and bought two guitars. Our first album should be out shortly. Guitar fits nicely somewhere between Arabic lessons, weight-lifting and chow.

This week I also convinced an American contractor that came to Iraq to make buildings for the soldiers to recruit their workers exclusively through me. So that will be several thousand more jobs that will come through this office.

Every morning there are at least 600 people who show up at my gates. It sucks to tell them we don’t have any jobs left for today. Come back tomorrow.

Well, that is it for now. Back to the grind for me.



(Editorial note: As explained in previously published messages from the Captain, projects such as the above designed to pacify the local population and to provide local employment are paid for using money found in caches in Iraq, not American tax dollars.)