The group at top of Saddam Tower, Bagdad.
Places visited: Amman - Bagdad - Karbala - Ur - babylon - Mosul -
Ninveh - Nimrud - Dahok - Arbil - Mosul - Damascus.
Bagdad
The south
Babylon
Kurdic Iraq
The group at top of Saddam Tower, Bagdad.
Bagdad railway station: one of thousand of Saddam portraits.
This is where the "orient express" started/ended.
A great threat to British India until WW 1.
Memorial to dead Iraqi soldiers, of the Iran-Iraq.
Boys elementary school, Bagdad. About 700 children where
taken out of the classroom, and sung patriotic (?) songs
in our honor.
Girls elementary school, Bagdad.
The Ishtar gate. A copy, the original was
taken to Berlin.
Dressing up before entering the holy places, Kerbala.
The pyramid/ziggurat of Ur. According to legends
of the old testament and the Koran, Ibrahim/Abraham
came from Ur.
Dinner in Arbil/Erbil. Kurdic officials of the KDP throw a
dinner in our honor. With traditional dances as entertainment.
The visit of "the Norwegian delegation" was also mentioned
on local Kurdic television, with filming from the
dinner.
Part of our escort. The traditional belt (man to the left) used to
contain a knife, now a small handgun is more
likely.
Saddam fort outside Dahok. Now a camp of refugees.
Small Kurdic mountain village.