I'm not really in Iraq, but actually, in Philadelphia. I'm just wrapping up an overnight work shift and started reading today's news when I came across this article.
The title reflects the fact that most people waking up are turning on their tv's and firing up their computers to get a sense of what awaits them in the world today.
Well, here's what's going in Iraq today.
How's this to start your day?
The Iraqi government declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew Friday after insurgent gunmen set up roadblocks in central Baghdad and opened fire on U.S. and Iraqi troops just north of the heavily fortified Green Zone.
With just two hours notice, the prime minister ordered everyone off the streets of the capital from 2 p.m. Friday until 6 a.m. Saturday. U.S. and Iraqi forces also were engaged in firefights with insurgents in the dangerous Dora neighborhood in south Baghdad.
As the state of emergency was announced in the capital, a car bomb ripped through a market and nearby gas station in the increasingly volatile southern city of Basra Friday, killing at least five people and wounding 18, including two policemen, police said.
At least 19 other deaths were reported in Baghdad.
This part is filed under "in other violence:"
Gunmen killed an engineer who worked at Baghdad airport in a drive-by-shooting in western Baghdad.
* Police discovered the bodies of four men who had been handcuffed and shot. The dead men, all between 30 and 25, were found in the north Baghdad district of Kazimiyah.
* A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol in the Dora region of southern Baghdad killed a police officer and wounded four others.
* Police found the body of a man who had been shot in the head and chest in central Baghdad just after dawn.
* The bodies of two women in their mid-20s who had been shot in the head were found in an eastern Baghdad drainage canal.
* Police found the bodies of four bullet-riddled and handcuffed men wearing civilian clothes in the northern Baghdad suburb of Kazimiyah. A roadside bomb also exploded in the predominantly Shiite area, sparking a fire in two discount clothing stores.
The entire article is death. Really, just death. Killings, wounded, weapons, you name it.
But don't worry. Iraq is, after all, safer than D.C., right?
And coming up next, we'll take a look at your local weather.