BAGHDAD MAY BE A DANGEROUS PLACE

There are sections of Baltimore I wouldn't jog through without body armor. When my dad was an arson investigator in Dallas, he often commented that there were sections of the city that the police didn't want to patrol, even in daylight. It was just too dangerous. I bring this up, because I've just heard about one of my acquaintances in Baghdad. He's the sone of a friend of mine, and he recently went on a 10k jog through Baghdad with his Army Reserve unit. They jogged right under the big double sword arch. No kidding.

Baghdad is dangerous, no doubt about it, but how dangerous can it be if US Army Reserve troops are jogging through the streets sans armor?