"And by the looks of it, he's decided to visit us instead," the chief continued.

In the meantime," the chief continued, "you can make yourself useful.

"You really screwed up in Baghdad," continued the chief of staff.

The chief continued repeating the facts as if he notes.

The chief continued, "We understand that soldiers who arrived from the north on reserve duty shot the assailant and he was killed."

He still had the gun in his hand," the chief continued.

"You want us to become the laughing stock of the whole goddamned world," the chief continued, warming up to the subject.

As the chief continued to stare at him, he went on.

Note: During his reign, the local chiefs, sceptuchi, continued to exercise some power.

"Wouldn't do anything but wail and scream," the chief continued.