Gardenias And Grenades: Inside Iraq

I love this time of the year; my wife and I love the Gardenia flowers so much…I have a tradition of looking for the first gardenia flower that blossoms in my garden and giving it to my wife. I have been doing that since we knew each other and I did it yesterday because I saw the first Gardenia in our garden. It's a bit early this year. As the night fell, we decided to sit in the garden and have dinner there despite the hot weather. As we started to eat, a huge explosion was heard and felt, it shook the table and we immediately got inside. I think it's too much for us even to have dinner in our garden. A few seconds after the explosion, the symphony of bullets started as usual.

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