- All of a sudden, the squad is being told that no one can leave the Green Zone in small groups or in unarmored vehicles.
- Marla tries to get Captain Coles to find out more. He hates her attitude, but does anyway.
- Turns out they found Sunni civilians shot in the back of the head in a barn, execution-style. They are wondering if it was the death squads—which they don't know much about, except that they're associated with the people they put in power.
- Captain Coles asks Birdy what he thinks of war. When Birdy says he doesn't like it, Coles says war makes him appreciate his family.
- He feels bad that it takes a war to make him realize that.
- Birdy thinks that's true, because he's constantly thankful that he isn't the one being blown up. He feels that gratefulness more than he feels sympathy for those that are dying
- They stay in the Green Zone for two weeks.