AN UNLIKELY COINCIDENCE

When I wrote earlier today that "CPT Patti has been outside the range of any decent pizza delivery service for 185 days." I didn't know about this.

GIs in Baghdad are able to get a taste of home -- thanks to Walid Mahmoud.

He owns a pizzeria in the Iraqi capital. Most Iraqis have no idea what pizza is -- and certainly wouldn't know how to make one. But Mahmoud has worked in a family-owned pizza shop in Rome.

When the Americans came to town, he scraped together enough money to open his own pizzeria.

The Wall Street Journal reports on a good day he sells nearly 200 pizzas. But orders can drop to a handful depending on terrorist activity. He hopes after the American soldiers leave, there will be enough contractors left behind who'll want a pizza to go.

Say...what is a fair tip for the pizza delivery guy in a war zone?