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Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 12:12 am, by: James Harris (Haro)

Well for those of you who didn't know I am a member of the Australian Army posted to Brisbane's 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) and am currently deployed to Southern Iraq as apart of Operation Catalyst. When Kevin Rudd came into power he decided to pull the troops out of southern Iraq so my current battlegroup (Chauvel) is the last one, troops will remain in Baghdad however as a part of SECDET (Security Detachment) for a while yet i believe. My tour began in late November 07 after many months of pre-deployment training near Rockhampton and Townsville and I am due home in mid June this year. I am the Transport Supervisor for one of the combat teams over here and my job has pretty much been to manage and maintain a small fleet of vehicles as well as driving and operating my fuel truck when required. As i work with the Cavalry I have been given the opportunity to really see Iraq and not be forced to live “inside the wire” like the majority of the Battle Group.

When I first arrived into Middle East back in November we spent a couple of weeks in Kuwait living in one of the many huge American bases where we did our final checks and training before stepping into Iraq. My first impressions of the Middle East were not the best, as we drove along a 5 lane highway at 160KM/HR in a coach I was amazed to see cars and trucks still passing us and even using the other side of the highway to travel down ! Apparently if you put your hazard lights on in these countries you can pretty much do anything. As we hurtled down the freeway there was built up areas on the right yet only desert and rubbish on the left, surreal stuff. The American bases have to be seen to be believed, these places have hundreds of 15 deep rows of accommodation tents, football field sized gyms, huge dining facilities where pretty much everything is deep fried, massive PX stores, Maccas, KFCs, Starbucks, Greenbean and Gloria Jeans coffee houses..... the list goes on.

So we left Kuwait and it was onto an American C130 Hercules flight for our free ride into Iraq. Some call it “Tactical Flying” but I'm pretty sure the yank pilots were just showing off as this bloody plane was pulling some impressive turns and Gs for old girl. I enjoyed the experience although it was loud and cold but some of the lads had to use the emergency brown paper bag haha.

HARO STEPS ONTO IRAQI SOIL FINALLY !

Yes i was stoked to finally get onto a deployment after missing out on a couple for various reasons and here i was in Southern Iraq about to settle in at Tallil or Ali Airbase or LSA Adder... all the same place.

The Australian part of the base has a pretty impressive backdrop , the Great Ziggurat of U R (the letters are supposed to be together but it got auto edited by the site) is very close to us here. It is over 4000 years old and is the birthplace of Abraham and some say modern civilization. Mesopotamia was the name of this place many years ago... I'm not big on history but my father assures me I am very lucky to have had the opportunity to see such a marvellous structure, its up there with the pyramids he believes and many other history buffs would be jealous. There is plenty of info on the net about it, feel free to search for anyone interested.

Our accommodation over here is in demountable buildings surrounded by large 8M high concrete bollards, there are 3 separate rooms in a building all with their own air con unit and we share 2 to a room. One of those pics is during a sand storm.. we get a few of them.

After we had completed our hand over with the outgoing battle group it was pretty much straight down to business and there was a lot of work that needed to be done.... it almost seemed as though the previous group had decided to stop working during their last couple of months to wind down. As you can imagine there was some tension during the hand over period between the outgoing boys and us.

The 9th of December brought about my 25th Birthday and our first combat team patrol which lasted for 4 days and gave us all the opportunity to meet and greet the local Iraqis in various cities, towns and villages. It was all very exciting for me as this is what we had all been working so hard towards.

Driving out the heavily armed front gates for the first time was something ill remember for the rest of my life. Granted this place is not the wild west anymore and the country has come along way in only a few years but it was still a relief to pass my 1st dodgy looking car abandoned on the side of the road without it blowing up in my face. It was a little depressing to see how dirty this country is when bouncing along their “roads” , we passed a few large oil spill lakes where the black gold had leaked out of one of the large pipes. The oil lakes were full of rubbish and the place looked revolting, the greenies would be upset if i posted any pics of that place. Rubbish and mangy dogs seem to be common place in this country, there is no waste management plan so pretty much everything is just dumped on the side of the road or in the desert, some of it gets burnt also if people could be bothered. Dogs roam free and most of them look suspect at best, i wear an extendable baton on my belt just in case...

The place is not only teeming with dogs, but small children seem to run free over here as well, at least we don't have to worry about being bitten by many of them. They rush out from their homes / tents / schools etc when they see us coming by and all wave and give us big thumbs up with huge grins on their faces.

Whenever we stop, Iraqi people young and old come over to us and say hello, it is usually only men and boys though as the young girls are too timid and the older ladies are working in the fields or around their houses. I feel sorry for women in this country (and other Arab countries) as they really are second class citizens and are barely treated much better than animals. I remember driving through a small town when one lady waved to our convoy as we passed through, she was then given a swift and considerable clip over the head by some random Iraqi man standing nearby. Although the men can wear whatever they want the women wear black outfits which look cold in winter and would be unbearable in summer particularly when they are working in the 50 degree heat and in full sun.

Here are some pics of when we have stopped and have been giving out toys, blankets, water, school books, coloring in pencils, food etc etc etc

I think many people back home don't fully appreciate what the our boys are doing over here and I have heard many of the guys talking about how they reckon a lot of people at home have forgotten about the Australia forces serving in this country. The Aussie's over here are not only doing excellent work in rebuilding Iraq but we are also playing a major role regarding security of the area. Its not all happy times with soccer field openings and meeting local leaders, there is a lot of dangerous work including patrolling of routes that get targeted by IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) and patrolling the large area surrounding this base to help stop the rocket attacks. There have been a few incidents over the months which i cannot go into but i can guarantee that there would have a hell of a lot more if the boys had not been working so hard in their ongoing patrols.
The rocket attacks used to be weekly events a couple of years ago but thankfully they have dropped in frequency , in the six months i have been here we have had about 9 or 10 attacks with some other coalition forces being killed unfortunately. The poor poms over in Al Basra have been having a terrible time with rocket attacks for years, some of the stories I've heard and video footage I've seen from those boys is truly horrific and the air raid sirens chill you to your bones for a split second before you start running / diving for cover.

ANYWAYS – i think i have worn out my keyboard now on my laptop and probably your eyes also. I hope you have enjoyed reading my little story and that i have shown you all some things you may not have seen before. We only have one month to go now and then OBG(w)-4 is pulling out of southern Iraq, all the lads are looking forward to catching up with their loved ones and getting ready for our next military adventure whatever that may be.

I am happy to answer any questions you may have and will post up some of my favorite pictures in the near future.

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Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 12:33 am, by: Peter Nitschke (Pen)

A great read Haro, you make it so very real. I look forward to more.

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Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 12:43 am, by: Dave Billings (Waveman1717)

James! I can't thank you enough for your sacrifices and services to a more free and safe world. Safe journeys and God bless!

BTW...nice Soarer sticker!!! I bet it makes your truck faster, huh? lol

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Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 09:03 am, by: Mike Bradberry (Halflife)

Mid June you're back. You'll have to be quick to organise that run up here on the Sunshine Coast.
Any help you need with that, I'll be there.
Great read by the way.

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Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 01:30 pm, by: Luke Nieuwhof (Luke_nieuwhof)

Wow, what an amazing story James. Look forward to more photos and keep up the good work. Love the Soarer sticker also!

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Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 04:25 pm, by: Scott Gates (Scotty_001)

That was a great read James, good to hear your safe and doing the country proud.

Great touch with the soarer sticker

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Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 04:42 pm, by: Charlie Ters (Ul05st)

great job + great Read as well

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i gotta addmit, its very good to hear a first hand account from a person that was actually there

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Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 05:16 pm, by: Ben Kelly (Ace)

James, I have to tell you that I am opposed to the occupation of Iraq (and afghanistan), but it is nice to hear real accounts from people at the coal front. Its easy for armchair philosophers like myself to rave about the pros and cons, but its nothing compared to real experiences. Good on you for posting that. I'm glad you and your buddies have made some difference and hope you have a safe trip home. Excellent photos and explanation by the way. Very readable.

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Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 08:15 pm, by: Blake Davies (Boss_da_man)

Great story.!!!!!!!!!!

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Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 11:47 pm, by: James Harris (Haro)

Hi guys,

Thanks for the comments and im glad it wasnt too painful to read and understand.

Yes i get some questions from a fair few of the lads about the Soarer sticker and i explain how long ive been in the club (alsc and sc) and how great the Soarers really are... so hopefully some of the cashed up lads will look at buying them when they return. I have showed off a few of them in the cars for sale section, Kip's Black on Black Leather 98VVTI is getting some interest.

OOH i almost forgot ! A big cheers to you Mike Bradberry for sending me those stickers for my truck ! You are a good man and i really appreciate it.
As for the June cruise i dont think ill be able to make that one, but ill try. AND ill organise a decent one for some time in mid JULY when im actually on leave , so stay tuned.

Ben - I can appreciate everybody's opinion on the war and whether or not we should be here, i think the yanks must be getting a solid return on their investments with all the money they are pouring into the country. BUT i believe something had to be done and im glad we had the balls to get in there with them.

Ill post up some more pics and another report in a few days. Thanks again for the comments and the best wishes guys. As some of you may have seen on the news, one of our lads got seriously injured only this morning when an IED blew up next to their vehicle... He survived but sustained some decent facial injuries.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 10:58 pm, by: James Harris (Haro)

Hi Again Soarer Central !

Ill post up some pics now and a little story behind them.

The British boys are over here in this base also and they take care of Basra also which is pretty big job.

Last month they brought down one of their AS90s (they call em AS Nasties )
Anyways the poms call em Self Propelled Guns , but they are pretty much a big tank with a long range barrel. It shoots a 155mm round and that packs some SERIOUS punch.

click on the link for more info
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/as90/

They came down and placed one of these "Nasties" up on a raised area inside the Aussie section of this mega base (Camp Terendak is its name). Most nights there were "fire missions" and this thing would shake the whole base when it fired. Our accom is a good 2K away from the camp but our rooms still shook when it fired.

One night we decided to head down there and watch it fire.... MY GOD THIS THING IS AWESOME ! I was standing about 50m away with my hands covering my ears when the 1st round was fired. The percussion this gun gave out was insane, i actually thought i had shat myself hahaah. I was not expecting such a jolt to my system. Anyways , it was very cool and i will never forget it. Here are some pics of it in action

Night pics are from our base, desert pics are about 40KM outside the wire.

enjoy

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Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 03:22 am, by: Joshua Rao (Soaren1)

Dave Billings wrote on Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 12:43 am:
BTW...nice Soarer sticker!!! I bet it makes your truck faster, huh? lol

Dave I dont know if you heard but its rated around 25rwhp.

James thanks so much for your personal narrative into the story that is Iraq. I commend you on such an undertaking. I had no idea how it really was. My two best friends are in the forces, 1 doing transport and hopes to get deployed in Iraq and the other is doing some type of secretive crap. Its not the easiest life.

Your insight into the life of the children and women really touched me, I feel for their plight.

Thanks again James, keep up the top work and if I ever meet you, you've definately got a drink with your name on it.

A few questions:
Do you think we should withdraw troops? Why?
Is the wire your base perimeter?
Are some of the American soldiers really

, doing drive bys etc?

How cool is that crazy tank!!!!

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Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 04:02 am, by: Dave Billings (Waveman1717)

Joshua Rao wrote on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 03:22 am:
Are some of the American soldiers really , doing drive bys etc?

What do you mean by drive-by's? Are they shooting anybody? We'd have heard about that by now, it would be a huge story here.

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Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 07:32 am, by: Mike Bradberry (Halflife)

When I looked initially at the gun barrel pics (night shots) I thought there was some kind of electrical discharge, but realise there is a blue light on the barrel and it traces the movement. Awesome.
What is this for? Do they run a blue light disco to show the local youth how to behave in tight situations or something?
Great information and an insight not normally granted by media coverage.

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Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 03:49 pm, by: Keenan Edinger (Keenan585)

Haro, great work mate! Thanks for such an in depth and insightful account of the situation over there. It really is great to hear from someone who is actually over there and in the thick of things. How awesome is that tank?!!

Keep up the good work mate, I'm sure you'll enjoy your leave when you get it later on this year!

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Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 04:37 pm, by: Brenton Trafford (Traff)

James, fantastic thread, very well done indeed!! Great to see the pictures and the narrative is excellent. Too many of us don't realise exactly what it is our Armed Forces personnel are doing over there and it's really good to see a first hand account. I know I speak for my family when I say thank you for your efforts and sacrifices that you're making on our behalf.

Now, the pictures of that AS Nastie are awesome, I can hardly imagine what it must be like to stand near it when it's going full gong. I love the last night shot, the blue light lines almost look like arabic writing... I wonder what it says? My guess is "Kiss your arse goodbye!"

Keep safe James & speedy journey home!

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Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 06:50 pm, by: Miles Baker (Milesb)

Joshua Rao wrote on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 03:22 am:
Are some of the American soldiers really , doing drive bys etc?

Are you high or what

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Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 09:54 pm, by: James Harris (Haro)

Josh i think i know what you are referring to and im pretty sure the guys who did that were not Soldiers at all. They were some idiots working for one of the many private security firms over here and from what i heard they were pretty much booted from their high paying jobs the next day.

The US soldiers are not all cowboys like the media seems to portray them, they are doing a pretty good job considering the crap working environment.

Yes when we leave the base's perimeter we call that going "OUTSIDE THE WIRE", there are over 550 people in this Battle Group yet probably only 150 that actually work outside the wire and do patrolling and driving in the AO (Area of Operations).... As for what the other 400 do?? Im pretty sure they just drive desks. There seems to be many people over here with not much to do which is frustrating cos they do not deserve a trip OS let alone all the medals and money that come with it. * I dont really want to go into that, so ill leave it there*

I dont believe we should be pulling out as we are doing soo much great work over here and the place still has a long way to go. BUT its not my call, KRudd was the man who made that decision.

Mike - Yes there was a blue glow stick placed on the end of the barrel just so we could see how much the gun moves when it fires. Just for the photos pretty much i think , no blue light discos that i know about over here... wouldnt be much fun cos no girls would be allowed out of their houses to attend ! There is an awful lot of man-love in this country.

They have moved the AS Nasty to another area now outside our little Camp but we can still hear it fire most nights.

OH and ive heard about the whole Tania Zaetta thing. I dont know if what happened in the GHAN is true or not but from what i can gather it probably is. I was actually the escort for them all when they came here to Southern Iraq so i showed them all around which was pretty good fun. I CAN tell you one thing though - Tania didnt sleep in her own bed here either hahahah. One of the 6 RAR boys was happy to show her his room.

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Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 10:05 pm, by: Miles Baker (Milesb)

Hahahahahahhaha

Good luck to her. Who doesn't have a sly shag when they're overseas for work??

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Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 11:26 pm, by: Lachie Bryce (Caboose)

Hey james loving the sticker! i tried to see what rank you were in the shot with the ziggurat however it wasn't to be, so that leads my first question, what rank are you? it looked like a WOFF rank i cant remember class 1 or 2 and cos you do patrols i'm assuming your an enlisted rank.

i'm proud of all you servicemen and women over there and anywhere OS.
and even though i was AAFC and not a proper arm of the forces i still miss the uniform etc. been trying to get into RAAFAR as a ground defence officer however a new job has been •••••••• me around with times, got any tips for increasing running stamminar? cos i surf/swim but i cant run for an elongated period of time (more so the beep test.

next question. •• F88's name?

i wish you luck for the rest of your tour and a safe journey home.

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Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 11:30 pm, by: Dave Billings (Waveman1717)

James Harris wrote on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 09:54 pm:
There is an awful lot of man-love in this country

LOL...I know what you mean!

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Friday, May 23, 2008 - 03:39 am, by: Joshua Rao (Soaren1)

James Harris wrote on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 09:54 pm:
Josh i think i know what you are referring to and im pretty sure the guys who did that were not Soldiers at all. They were some idiots working for one of the many private security firms over here and from what i heard they were pretty much booted from their high paying jobs the next day.

Yeah thats what I was referring to. Thanks for the insight.

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Friday, May 30, 2008 - 04:59 pm, by: James Harris (Haro)

Hello again from the desert!

The past couple of weeks we have been doing the big pack up as our operational phase finishes on the 1st of June.

We have also been doing a fair few patrols in and around the nearby towns and citys. The temperature has been getting pretty high lately, most days are around mid 40s to high 40s in the shade.

When we are out on patrol and wearing our body armour it can get painfully hot for us.

On a brighter note, we did somehow manage to bum a free joy flight on one of the private security firm's choppers which was pretty good. I didnt take any pics from mid air as i was using my video camera the whole time, but i did snap a couple before take off.
Ill grab some that my mate took and post them up so you can all see what this base looks like from the sky and also how the Ziggurat looks.

A few days after our joy flight it was back outside the wire and off on another patrol. This time we headed up to a city called Al Samawah (bout 4hrs away doing tactical zig zag map crossing driving). It was the 1st time i had actually driven down the centre of town and it was a nice change to the usual deserts.
We also stopped near a soccer field so it was game on for a while with the locals. It was a good 45 degrees that day and we are not allowed to remove our body armour... yes we stank after that.

Also we stopped in a few places to work and as always we were inundated with kids.
We also had a challenge from one of them for a wrestle which was funny and a donkey ride for one of the boys which was even funnier.

And as usual there was some vehicle recovery. The water table over here is actually really close to the surface even in summer so if we break the crust or just touch a slightly damp area the vehicles sink very fast. This recovery took a while as we had to winch the bogged lav backwards instead of just pulling him forwards out of the bog using a chain and another lav (as he would have gotten stuck also).

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Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 08:57 am, by: Dave Billings (Waveman1717)

I used to have a 4X4...just put a board under your tire and rock back and forth.

I can call my emergency-road-side-service for you, but that will be one hell of a service charge, hehe.

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Monday, June 02, 2008 - 08:46 pm, by: Callum Finch (Sigeneat)

James, mate! Are you coming home?

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Monday, June 02, 2008 - 11:53 pm, by: James Harris (Haro)

Hi Callum, yeh mate it was MISSION COMPLETE as of the 1st of June.

Now its the pack up and hand back of EVERYTHING ! loooooong hot days ahead.

Ill be home soon though and im really looking forward to it !

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Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 10:42 pm, by: Tai Johnsen (Privatejohnsen)

C'mon then! Hurry up will ya... We've got a cruise to organise don't cha know!?! Jeez

P.S. It's nice and cold here... Rained heaps yesterday...

That lav is totally bogged dude..

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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 06:56 pm, by: Don Bagnall (Baggs)

Tai Johnsen wrote on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 10:42 pm:
That lav is totally bogged

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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 07:22 pm, by: Don Bagnall (Baggs)

Callum Finch wrote on Monday, June 02, 2008 - 08:46 pm:
James, mate! Are you coming home?

Why no, Callum.
James likes it sooo much better over in camel-jockey land...........why put up with pesky aussie flies buzzing around you, when you can enrich your life with bullets buzzing around you?.

He's going to form the Iraqi ALSC (All Lets Screw Camels).

There will be Friday night camel cruising round the burbs, with a meet up at Fat Ali's Burger Joint, followed by impromptu dromedary racing in a poorly lit industrial area of town.

Saturdays will be spent washing and grooming the camels at Sayed's ride through camel wash, ready for Saturday nite cruising and mutual Hump admiration sessions..........

I mean, I can totally see this as a viable lifestyle choice...........

OF COURSE HE'S COMING HOME YOU BLOODY MACAROON!!

ps: no actual camels were humped in the making of this post.

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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 07:54 pm, by: Peter Nitschke (Pen)

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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 08:56 pm, by: Bruce Passfield (Bruce)

Don don't forget while camel cruising you can pick-up a good looking goat or two, In ref to no camels where humped during the post. No they where not, but one sure did have a scared look on his face!! I just noticed that picture of Harro on the donkey, Look closely that Donkey has a bloody smile on his face. I'ts good to see you wore protection on that donkey Harro god knows where he's been and Harro if you can make a donkey smile you must be well endowed!!

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Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 12:04 am, by: James Harris (Haro)

AAAHH some good laughs there !

You know that donkey DID have a cigar after the ride ! hahah

Here are some more shots of the Iraqi Wildlife

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Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 08:47 am, by: Bruce Passfield (Bruce)

Yes Harro, theres nothing like a nice relaxing smoke after a night of passion.

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Friday, June 06, 2008 - 04:08 am, by: James Harris (Haro)

ok, here are the aerial shots that were taken from the chopper of THE GREAT ZIGGURAT OF ••.

Click here for some educational reading boys and girls: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ziggurat_of_Ur

You can see a bit of the base behind it and as you can gather it is very very dry here.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 01:42 am, by: Callum Finch (Sigeneat)

Don Bagnall wrote on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 07:22 pm:
Why no, Callum.
James likes it sooo much better over in camel-jockey land...........why put up with pesky aussie flies buzzing around you, when you can enrich your life with bullets buzzing around you?.

He's going to form the Iraqi ALSC (All Lets Screw Camels).

There will be Friday night camel cruising round the burbs, with a meet up at Fat Ali's Burger Joint, followed by impromptu dromedary racing in a poorly lit industrial area of town.

Saturdays will be spent washing and grooming the camels at Sayed's ride through camel wash, ready for Saturday nite cruising and mutual Hump admiration sessions..........

I mean, I can totally see this as a viable lifestyle choice...........

It just sounded like he was having such a great time is all!

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