Failed quest for 'Daughters of Iraq'

For an embed set up to investigate a new breed of Iraqi female guard it was a complete disaster. But fortunately, thanks to an amusing helicopter crew and some friendly soldiers on the ground, the trip was not an utter waste of time. In fact, things got off to a promising start. I mean, it’s not every day someone in a Blackhawk asks whether you would like to have a go test-firing their mounted machine gun. When it happened, en route to a place called the Triangle of Death, I was hardly going