(01/10/05) There are fewer than three weeks until national elections in Iraq. Insurgent attacks on U.S. and Iraqi soldiers and citizens continue. Last week, the commander of American ground forces in Iraq told the New York Times 4 of 18 provinces in the country are still not safe enough for people to vote. One of those provinces is Baghdad, where Army photojournalist Corporal Bill Putnam is stationed with the 122nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. He's been sending us audio diaries. Troops frequently conduct raids to find insurgent leaders. Putnam went on one raid last month in the Al-Rashid neighborhood of Baghdad. Soldiers were looking for a suspected cell leader of Sunni insurgents. Here's Putnam's audio diary.
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