>>>>He and his several hundred students fished several lakes that dot the Camp Victory compound, outside the International Zone, also called the “Green Zone.”
Grrrrrrr....
No, Victory isn’t “outside the IZ”. It’s 10+ miles away from the IZ next door to BIAP (the airport).
Having said that, the lake surrounding Al Faw palace used to be stocked with hundreds and hundreds of some really very ugly carp-like fish, and they were big-uns. Every once in a while someone would dump a bag of chips or bread into the “lake” and it would become a feeding frenzy of those ugly suckers. Like a shark frenzy but without the bloodletting. I have a few photos somewhere.
Then there is Lost Lake which had it’s very own unique distinction at Victory as the place you would not and should not talk about. It was home to a very special HVT guest for a long time, but that’s all we knew about it. Ahem. ‘Nuff said.
On a vaguely related note, the guys who sold the photos of Saddam washing his clothes were called back from reserve to active duty after those photos were sold and made public. Whoops.
Not sure who it was, British Ambassador or something like that who prior to the war told us about Saddam making fish food out of his fellow countrymen in a plastic shredder?
I wonder if these were the same fish?
Thanks for your service angkor.
Just curious, what all kinds of fish do these lakes hold? What is the primary food source for them (besides Saddam’s enemies at one time). Do you know of any program in Iraq where soldiers can receive gifts of lures/tackle?
Would LOVE to see your photos.