[Radix]

 

 

A U.S. ammunition vehicle explodes inside the main U.S. military base in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday. The cause of the explosion is unknown. No soldiers were reported injured or killed.

 

 

 

 

 

An Iraqi orphan boy sleeps under an M-1 Abram tank to avoid the sun in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

 

A soldier uses a towel to stay cool while sitting on an armored vehicle outside Baghdad’s Hotel Palestine. Temperatures reached 115 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

An Iraqi man sells bread to a U.S. soldier as he guards The Central Bank in Baghdad on Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

 

A soldier guards the Iraqi bank in Baghdad on Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. forces patrol a dusty road in Tuwaitha, Iraq, on Wednesday. Tuwaitha is the site of Iraq’s largest nuclear facility.

 

 

 

 

 

Retiring Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki reviews the “The Old Guard” during a full honor review in Ft. Myer, Va., on Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

Gen. Eric K. Shinseki presents his wife, Patricia, with flowers at Ft. Myer in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday.

[Fawnn]

Wanted to let you know that the power of suggestion works ... sorta:

I didn't give into the pancakes or waffles controversy today; instead, I just made myself a lemon "freedom flapjack" with raspberry honey. (A "freedom flapjack" is what we used to call a crepe before the French got p*ssy.) ;)