If she's from Algiers, Iraq must seem tame to her. That's "rock 'em sock 'em" rough country across the river from New Orleans.
You just reminded me of one of my favorite movies: "Iron Eagle II."
American General Chappy Sinclair (Lou Gossett, Jr) to his Soviet counterpart, during a firefight: "After this is over, you oughta come visit America with me."
Russian: "I hear in America, they shoot communists in the street!"
Gossett: "Hell, in my hometown of Detroit, they shoot EVERYBODY in the street!"