Inside the Red Zone : a Veteran for Peace reports from Iraq / Mike Ferner ; foreword by Cindy Sheehan.

Includes index.

Waiting for the skies to rain missiles. Into Iraq -- The guardians of reality do their thing -- Just minutes until midnight -- Iraqi voices after the invasion. Welcome back to Baghdad -- The news in the new Iraq -- Baghdad College HIgh School -- From "Keep yo head" to "God bless us all" : U.S. and Iraqi students begin a conversation -- Faris : friend and translator -- Democracy, dictators, and the fate of Widad Shwaish -- On their way to Abu Ghraib -- Inside the wire at Abu Hishma -- Two mysterious deaths and the incident near Ramadi -- Activists, journalists, soldiers, and clowns. Courage under fire -- How ya gonna keep 'em down on the Indiana farm (once they've seen Kerbala?) -- From an act of desperation to a million hits a day ; Hanging with the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Division -- An uncommon mom -- The Albanian mafia and other stories from Circus 2 Iraq -- Cops and clowns -- Springtime in Fallujah.