[Enterprise]

"Back at Freedom Rest, tucked just inside Baghdad's barricaded green zone, soldiers are required to check their combat fatigues, body armor and assault rifles at the door and change into civilian clothes or workout togs."

I do that routinely at any bar I visit.

[CindyDawg]

Burger King

No Walmarts, yet? :')

[Support Free Republic]

"Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our
wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions,
they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
- John Adams -

Make your statement.

[msdrby]

ping

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Behind tall concrete barriers and rolls of razor wire, the United States Army has converted a former officers' club of the Iraqi Republican Guard into a little oasis for weary G.I.'s.

The sprawling complex here in the heart of Baghdad... serves as the First Armored Division's version of a five-star hotel for as many as 100 soldiers at a time who are lucky enough to get a three-day, two-night pass.

Called Freedom Rest, it offers a sauna, an outdoor swimming pool, a 100-seat movie theater, weight rooms and 24-hour food service with a menu that includes T-bone steaks and lobster. In the renovated marble lobby, uniformed attendants sweep up cigarette butts and serve cold drinks beneath glass chandeliers.

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Baghdad oasis for a few deserving Soldiers.

[Billthedrill]

Sgt. Xochitl Barragan, 27, of Fort Worth, Tex...

A woman from Texas who's a Sergeant and whose name is Xochitl Barragan...just damn...and the turban boys are wondering why they're getting their asses kicked...

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Where officers stay at Freedom Rest:

8 ‘Leaders’ Rest’ Dedicated to Memory of Fallen Iron Soldier ~ CENTCOM | 1/12/04