Vactioning in Iraq

Lots of cool pictures for everyone from my vacation here in Iraq (gotta put a positive spin on things!). I've been sightseeing, shopping, and interacted with the locals (some don't seem to care for us American's...?). Oh geeez guy's I'm just joking around, seriously though there is a lot of beautiful structures here and I have been lucky enough to have access to one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces. The throne I am sitting on was his "greeting throne" and it is pretty wide as you can see why I do not know. There are a lot of things around here, but unfortunately you can't take pictures, but whenever I get the chance I will take pictures of what I can. I hope these will do for now, sorry it's taken so long to get you guy's some cool pictures...enjoy!