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Americans don't know a lot about the Green Zone because the media doesn't talk about it much. It's walled off and guarded like a military base. All the diplomats, their families and even the Iraqi "government" live inside it. Maybe 5 or 6 square miles. It's a different world from the rest of Iraq, where soccermoms can be seen jogging the streets every day... though I wonder about things now with McCain wearing a flak jacket. He may not have needed it--why wasn't he wearing a helmut? Looks like a photo-op. The Green Zone is supposed to be completely safe. That's where the bureaucracy lives.