My Iraqi Vacation

Pictures for those who are curious.

One of like 8 million bathrooms in Saddam's palace



A Chandalier in the palace at Baghdad



Another one from a different angle



I only had yellow. Spraypainted on some random wall in Baghdad



These things are famous or something




They say it never rains in the desert. When it rained for a week straight and my camp flooded I disagreed



A hedgehog we found



Splashing around in a puddle with some kids while on patrol in Baghdad



Me with a nice palace background



A friend of mine and me splashing around in a big mud puddle



A nice picture around the palace area of Bahgdad



Some random street



A sunset in Iraq



A pretty picture with water and sunshine



This is pretty much what I looked like every day after work

Some more personal pics on my LJ

Those are some really great pictures.

When your message board has graffiti about it in Iraq, you know you've made it.

Nice sinks. :)

The palace pictures are unreal.

How do you feel to be there. Do you think that our troops should be there? What do most iraqies think of you there? What about the president?

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How do you feel to be there. Do you think that our troops should be there? What do most iraqies think of you there? What about the president?

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Which president, Bush or Talabani?

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How do you feel to be there. Do you think that our troops should be there? What do most iraqies think of you there? What about the president?

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Which president, Bush or Talabani?

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either or would work.

oooh i like the spray paint one ;P

Very nice! Post a few more later?

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Originally Posted by Rengori

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Originally Posted by lovehurts

How do you feel to be there. Do you think that our troops should be there? What do most iraqies think of you there? What about the president?

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Which president, Bush or Talabani?

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either or would work.

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Let's not turn this into some kind of political debate now.

Excellent pictures, undeadhero. Love the hedgehog pic, the EoFF on the wall, and the one with you looking like you've been through WWIII, :moomba:.

Many thanks,
-LYCHON

I'm glad you are here today to post these beautiful pictures.

That's awesome.

Wow, I didn't know you were a soldier Tonsilton! n____n
P.S: Could you mail me the hedgehog? :monkey:

Man, that Saddam really knows how to build a palace!

Jesus. I can't believe that EoFF is on a wall in Iraq.

Cool pictures, man.

Some great pics, good stuff.

Those are awesome and thanks for sharing...
And ditto on what eestlinc said...;)

Awesome :cool:

This One Is absoloutly gorgeous~

Very nice. It's nice to see some "real" pictures that aren't coming from the media.

Those were awesome, the one with you and the kids is great.

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When your message board has graffiti about it in Iraq, you know you've made it.

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:)

I wanted to post pictures of scenery more than the kind of stuff you normally see. We've all seen to many war pictures. That palace was really neat. There were about a dozen buildings all with lakes around them that were man made and filled with water from the Tigris or Euphrates river, I don't remember which. In the bathrooms the toilets were made from gold and everthing was made of all kinds of neat stones everywhere in the palace. A lot of the walls around have things spraypainted like Joe loves Michelle and different things like that, I just felt like adding something different. The castle in the background of my picture was never finished. Saddam fired all the architects and never had a chance to finish it. We didn't blow it up. I had fun playing with the kids that day. We were splashing around in the puddles and running around. I picked up two handfuls of bottlecaps and would throw them into the air and all the kids would run around picking them up and bringing them back to me. My favorite picture was the one with the sun shining in the building and off the water. It was in a building in the middle of a lake with a land bridge going to it.

the hedghog was so cuuuuuuuute :D
nice bathroom too XD

That's actually really cool

Do you guys use the palace bathrooms 'cause I see some handsoap there? :D

Nice pictures, btw. :)

Are you saying that Saddam never washed his hands?

It just looks so out of place, and I would be surprised if it had been there for the last three years.

Yeah, they do. While I was touring the place I got to pee in a golden toilet :p

Combat Engineering RESPECT!

:D

I do pity you a bit, though...



... having to lug around that hefty M-16A2.... haven't you gentlemen anything shorter and less bulky to carry? I mean, you do ride mechanised equipment an' all... I would think a carbine M-16, M4 or at least an AK-47 are in order, non?

Anyway, I hope you had a good time (as much as possible, anyway), and that you'll continue to take good care of yourself.

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Yes. :D

And, the photos are lovely! :love: I :heart: the bathroom though. :p