For some reason, this does not really shock me that much. Textually.org reports that the Baghdad Mobile Phone Service is in fact down. Reports indicate that this was caused by an employee strike.

Mobile phone service in the Baghdad area was out of service Monday as employees of the communications company went on strike to protest the kidnapping of two Egyptian engineers, reports Cellular News. “The two Egyptian engineers, Mustafa Mohammed Abdel Latif and Mahmmoud Turk, were among six people working for the Iraqna mobile telephone company who were abducted last month. Four of them were released but the two Egyptians remain in captivity.”