Posted on 06/17/2004 8:26:23 AM PDT by ICX
Edited on 06/17/2004 10:12:41 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) The job of occupying Iraq means hardship and long hours and sometimes a game of Risk over a hookah and a few beers.
In a city where few people drink, Baghdad's sealed-off green zone counts at least seven bars, including a Thursday night disco, a sports bar, a British pub, a rooftop bar run by General Electric, and a bare-bones trailer-tavern operated by the contractor Bechtel.
Only employees of the occupation are welcome in most of them. U.S. troops ejected a reporter from the basement sports bar a few months ago, at the instance of Coalition Provisional Authority employees drinking inside.
The plushest tavern is the CIA's rattan furnished watering hole, known as the ''OGA bar.'' OGA stands for ''Other Government Agency,'' the CIA's low-key moniker.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
risk is a great game, these guys now how to party!
i bet they still have ladies night too.
I am waiting for Mtv to go to iraq for spring break
I guess when they get good and drunk those boys w/ the sunglasses, be yelling and encouraging the local girls with "OGA! OGA! OGA! OGA!"
hey babe is that burka a mirror? because i can see myself in it!!
Good to know that the straights still prevail somewhere!
Absolutely wrong
Muslims drink like fish - however, they mostly do in private.
There is a large minority of non-muslims in Baghdad who also drink.
See tagline.
"U.S. troops ejected a reporter from the basement sports bar a few months ago, at the instance of Coalition Provisional Authority employees drinking inside."
Kicked a big mouth liberal out, did they? Good for them.
I wonder what is in the hookah?
Not bloddy likely. US troops aren't allowed to go screwing around in bars in Baghdad. R&R is taken in Kuwait or Qatar.
Uh-huh. Sure. You were just playing "Risk" with your co-workers. We're buying that.
"Party like it's 1699, I guess."
THAT is TRULY funny.
US troops can make their own alcohol :)
i prefered castle risk.
There are also a bunch of American contractors here who suck down the booze like there's no tomorrow.
Did I just say that out loud?
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