Slate’s Nate Thayer offers his first person account from Baghdad.

“Where are you from?” demanded an armed Iraqi, looking at me.
“Germany,” interjected my government guide, abruptly grabbing me by the arm and yanking me away.
“Do not tell them you are American,” he whispered as he rushed me to the car. “We must leave. It is very dangerous here.”

Highly recommended if you’re following the events in Iraq at all.