Saddam's Palace

A friend serving in Iraq on a helicopter crew took this pic. It's amazing to me, almost like something by M. C. Escher. He thought it was cool because he got to swim in the pool:

<img src="http://www.newzucanuze.com/images/Saddam's%20Palace.jpg">

Originally posted by Nothing But Net
A friend serving in Iraq on a helicopter crew took this pic. It's amazing to me, almost like something by M. C. Escher. He thought it was cool because he got to swim in the pool

Nice little shack the asshole had. The little roof maze, I assume, is so that his people could have a bird's eye view if someone tried to say, get in and kill the fucker. Where's the pool?

He didn't say where the pool was, but my guess it was indoors.

I'd like to live in that gatehouse. If it wasn't in Iraq, that is. Cool picture Net, thanks.:)

That's only one of his places, he had about 12 major palaces IIRC. BTW this looks new so chances are oil-for-food money paid for it. All that money was supposed to help out the people.

Well, as Saddam himself said, people will wither and die, but buildings and monuments last forever!

Barring the USAF.;)

More info: the pool is barely visible to the right of the house, by the open air shelter/cabana thing.

This is the best overview of Saddam Int'l Airport I've seen:

<img src="http://www.newzucanuze.com/images/Saddam%20Intl.jpg">

I wonder if Tobiasly has any more photos to share with us when he gets back.

Dags

Originally posted by Nothing But Net
More info: the pool is barely visible to the right of the house, by the open air shelter/cabana thing.

I saw that NBN, but I couldn't tell if it was the pool or not. I looks so small. I thought he'd have something a little more grandiose to match the shack;)

here ya go luv....

Originally posted by Dagney
I wonder if Tobiasly has any more photos to share with us when he gets back.

Nope, none of Iraq anyway. We are now back in Kuwait, hopefully until we come home, which hopefully will be in early or mid November.

I do have some more pictures of Jordan/Kuwait, which I'm still working on getting up. I might also get some others' photos, but we didn't go any farther north than the An Nasariyah / Tallil Airfield region.

Hope you get the hell out of there before the brass convince Bush they need more warm bodies back in Iraq.:(

I tell ya, if we're here for much longer, I'd almost rather be back in Iraq than here in Kuwait!

What! Didn't they give at least one speech where they pointed out how the "tail" is as important as the "teeth"?

Originally posted by plthijinx
here ya go luv....

Thanks jinx. You're really becoming the pic posting fool. Pretty good for an amateur;)

Originally posted by Undertoad
What! Didn't they give at least one speech where they pointed out how the "tail" is as important as the "teeth"?

Yeah, but it's closer to the asshole too.:D

Unfair and unbalanced

And I don't think you're unfair.;)

Originally posted by Undertoad
What! Didn't they give at least one speech where they pointed out how the "tail" is as important as the "teeth"?

Yeah, but being the tail is boring as hell. Especially being in a leadership position, when not much leadership is required. Our day-to-day activities here are so routine that I (obviously) spend most of my on-duty hours surfing the web.

Not that I'm complaining, but it sure doesn't help the time go by any faster!

See the stairs on the roof? The two pair of them that form an L shape, only spun around about 270 degrees? See that blue umbrella looking thing? Just to the right of the stairs and to the north of that umbrella looking thing... That square. That should be the pool. That would be cool as hell.

Quzah.

Originally posted by quzah
See the stairs on the roof? The two pair of them that form an L shape, only spun around about 270 degrees? See that blue umbrella looking thing? Just to the right of the stairs and to the north of that umbrella looking thing... That square. [b]That should be the pool. That would be cool as hell.[/B]

It even has a ladder already coming out of it!