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10 Best place to visit in Tikrīt Iraq
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TIKRIT: From Baghdad to Tikrit ! A few hours in Tikrit ( didn’t expect this ) 🇮🇶
#Tikrit #IraqVlog #SpeicherMassacre This is a little backwards as the 2 mosul ones were last minute, one was just an update and one was the sandstorm. i hadn't got round to editing this one yet ( i have more on Mosul im working on ) I had planned o make a quick stop in Tikrit on my way, i had met a couchsurfer that was going to show me around, i also had a friend from Baghdad call some people in Tikrit to allow me to film. We went to ask at the Hashd Checkpoint if we could get closer to the Palaces, they were expecting me which was weird. i had to wait for the Hashd boss to come , and along with him and his 2 armed guards ,they took me to the site of the Speicher Massacre! I was a bit shocked as i had no idea as to what actually happened here....im not sure many people in the west know about this either. They were with me all the time so i had to be careful what i filmed and what i didn't, he would explain everything in Arabic to my friend , who then translated in english, then i had to talk, with all of them watching me ..not my usual vlogging experience! A place thats not an easy place to visit as the security to get in was crazy..I have seen the actual ISIS video of what happened here and its horrific. They also killed hundreds in mass graves. these were just young unarmed army cadets. The second deadliest terrorist attack next to 9/11 yet not so many people know about this one. if i look a bit speechless at times, its because i was, from what i was being told, and the whole situation i was in...i wish i had known more about this place before i went, so i was a bit more knowledgable about things ..but i didnt know i was going here! this vlog is AD Free...so i make no money from this .....i hope others in other countries will see what happened here. Huge thanks to Abdu , my Couchsurfing contact in Tikrit for taking me around and making sure I got a taxi to Mosul ! Everyone is so helpful to tourists in Iraq !
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Tikrit, Iraq. Speicher base FOB. Beautiful autumn sun
Beautiful autumn sunrise in COB Speicher ( Tikrit ) - Iraq, around 8 a.m. crazy clouds, towards Samara.
Close to Perimeter road
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Visit to Iraq
This is a 10 minute portion of a video I took when I visited Iraq in 2006 with Ron Sawl and Bryan Burry as the guest of the 101st Airborne in Tikrit, Iraq. We were involved with Brotherhood of the Badge, an organization that supplied surplus civilian police gear to Iraqi police officers. The area was still a very active combat area when we visited.
The first part of the video shows preparation for our combat patrol, a visit to one of Saddam's palaces as well as one he built for his mother after she died. It then shows our visit to a police substation in Bayji, a place that had been repeatedly attacked.
Included in the video is something very historic. We were invited to attend the regional government meeting of all the democratically elected officials from the cities in the Salah ad Din Province. This meeting was the first of its kind EVER in the history of Iraq. We witnessed the birth of democracy in that country.
Also at the end of the video shows a graduation ceremony of police cadets at a training center located in Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdish region where we were the guests of honor. The joy of the cadets after graduating is the highlight of the whole video
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THE MOST UNHOLY RIVER IN IRAQ! HATRA أكثر الأنهار إهانة في العراق
JOIN ME as I make the long trip to Mosul. Today was a sad day as I learned of a massacre which took place in Tikrit. 1700 unarmed students were thrown into the river in a barbaric act.
I finally make it to Hatra (UNESCO SITE) where I take a walk back in time and learn of the recent dark history of this beautiful site.
