A young Iraqi student, unable to attend college because of the war, sees American soldiers leaving a trail of humiliation and grief in his small village. Bent on revenge, hefleestothechaoticstreetsof Baghdadwhereinsurgentssoonrealizetheycanmake useofhisanger.Eventually heisgroomedforasecretterroristmissionmeanttodwarf the attacks of September 11th, only to find himself struggling with moral qualms. The Sirens of Baghdad is a powerful look at the effects of violence on ordinary people, showing what can turn a decent human being into a weapon, and how the good in human nature can resist.
“Nerve-wracking. . . . A blunt story line that has real passion behind it. The author’s ear for Iraqi despair, fury and violation is keen.”
The New York Times

