[Allegra]

Those were likley Shiite mosques. Iraq has both. There are four mosques within my hearing - two Shiite and two Sunni. We can tell the difference because they do the night prayer call at different times. The Sunni do it when the sun is setting ("red on the horizon" as one Iraqi explained it) and the Shia do it when the sky is full dark.

Or maybe it's the other way around...

They're slightly off at the other times of day as well. It was definitely two that I heard yesterday. A couple of the locals told me today that things did get wild yesterday, but not as bad as it could have due to the rainy, chilly weather.

The guy told me it was protests against the government, but no violence. (This time.)

[Eleutheria5]

“A couple of the locals told me today that things did get wild yesterday, but not as bad as it could have due to the rainy, chilly weather.

The guy told me it was protests against the government, but no violence. (This time.)”

It’s thanks to Dubya and you guys over there that the idea of peaceable assembly has caught on somewhat in Iraq, but I’m sure the roots aren’t very deep, and there are rats gnawing at them all the time. Keep fighting the good fight, friend.