Some things you need to look out for:

In Iraq, there are many things that you need to watch out for. IED's, snipers, mines, etc are the top priorities, of course. But with Civil Affairs, there is another that you will soon experience if you are not discrete: the street mob. The street mob is when a crowd of screaming kids see you handing stuff out and come running. Then, other kids see them running...and they come running. I don't know what the tipping point is (five? ten?) but soon you are surrounded by a bunch of kids all pretty much saying the same thing: "mister mister, give me____ give me____". It really doesn't matter what you are handing out. Last week we were handing out PSYOPS fliers, for goodness sake. (Look at the top photo past the first line of kids. You can see the crowd in the background). Kids were grabbing these fliers like they were candy. Heaven help you if they see you with a camera. (See second picture: one of the kids is holding up the PSYOPS pamphlet like it was a prize).