http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/world/middleeast/21iraq.html?_r=1&ref=world

The pilgrims that the article talks about have been on the road for the last several days. They are the reason we convoyed at night two days ago; no sense in fighting the traffic. As the soldiers all say, at this point it’s more dangerous to be an Iraqi in Iraq than it is to be an American.