Just thought I'd point out one rather prominent spelling error.

Normally, I wouldn't bother, but since it's in the title it kind of sticks out a little bit, so I thought you might want to change it.

"Iraqi" with no "u" after the "q" is the accepted spelling.

Again, usually spelling is not big deal, but I simply didn't want it to detract from your informative diary!

Thanks for writing it!