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The World's Most Depressing Museum Is in Iraq, of Course
Most cities have monuments to the past, so it seems appropriate, given the bloody history of Iraqi Kurdistan, that Sulaymaniyah's main tourist attraction is a museum devoted to documenting torture and injustice.
High Dives and Manicures at Saddam's Presidential Palace
One morning in Iraq in 2003, our battalion chaplain came to our small firebase in Baghdad and told us that he had to go to one of Saddam’s palaces for meetings and wanted to take a couple of infantry squads with him so we could enjoy the facilities. He...
It's Been a Decade Since the Huge Anti-Iraq War Demonstration
And as hard as I tried, I'm glad I was never sent to spend time with the troops out there.
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