Not recent, but worth a peek. Iraq hunting and recreation lodge

[discovery_bound]

The name escapes me, but this 64 room palace was used for a hunting and recreation lodge (now used as a NATO headquarters I believe) and is located just outside of Baghdad. I'm sure there are a few folks on this site who have probably been there, and can maybe elaborate on the finer details. These are from the summer of 2007....enjoy

DB

 

[crazyjarhead]

Words can't describe the wealth he stoled from the people of Iraq. Thanks for sharing

 

[discovery_bound]

Words can't describe the wealth he stoled from the people of Iraq. Thanks for sharing

Very true, and to think this is just a small fraction compared to the family palaces that exist.....or in some cases, existed.

 

[rmptr]

Looks like a great place to hold paintball tournaments!

AND jet ski races.

 

[seger98]

Nice pictures!

 

[Saturna]

Words can't describe the wealth he stoled from the people of Iraq. Thanks for sharing

Very true, and to think this is just a small fraction compared to the family palaces that exist.....or in some cases, existed.

Same old story throughout history. Many of the world's historic castles/pyramids/monuments,etc are the result of egos of rulers at the time.

Jay

 

[rmptr]

Wow!

Ego...



I guess I figure most of my work is good for maybe 60 or 80 years.
I'd be surprised if any of it was useful at 100 years.

Now if I could get just one contract to build a pyramid...



rmptr

 

[crazyjarhead]

What ever happened to all of that money they found early on?. I remember seeing forklifts loading the us currency into trucks. That would have been a good stimulus package for the American people

 

[Mental Granny]

Beautiful too bad it had to be built on the blood of others, but my think of cleaning it! Thanks for sharing the pics I love to see things that cant be seen here!