My neighbor Chris blogs about the harrowing “commute” from the Baghdad airport to the Green Zone.

In just a few minutes, we clear the gate and our driver floors the accelerator. The convoy blows onto Route Irish at 70mph, bumper to bumper, with local Iraqi traffic parting like the Red Sea before us. You can see that the locals are used to these mini-tanks and dive to the side of the road. We seem to be making good progress when, to my shock and horror, I see cars driving the wrong way on a 4-lane expressway and coming straight towards us. The PSDs don’t seem to panic and, as I learn later, flow of traffic and lane right-of-ways do not really translate in this country. Apparently, it’s quite common to drive “kamikaze” against oncoming traffic if you’re side of the highway is blocked.

You should read the entire account.