Posted on 09/07/2010 4:41:22 PM PDT by Mister Ghost
In past when we decided to spend summer vacation, we usually as a members of small family, voted to go to Baghdad because; it is the Capital most beautiful place in Iraq has Electricity 24 hours, has some good places that we had liked to go,That was in Saddam's regime, Iraq was limited in Baghdad & his own city only; the rest cities were neglected; then after 2003 we waited the new regime, new Iraqis leaders for new Iraq, new future, new life, meanwhile Kurdistan region has grown a lot since 1991 when they separated & has their independence from Baghdad control, of course they suffered, had issues between tow biggest parties, their was a civil war inside, but at the end they realized that will not help them to live a good life or solve their issues, with each other after Saddam’s attacking them in many differences crimes one of them was Halabja & whole world know about it. They started to take actions, responsibilities of their own lands, spend money to develop their services, utilities, dealing with foreign companies, for rebuilding & investments, achieved such good projects...
Erbil is part of Iraq where Baghdad is but, when I go to Erbil, the first words went out from my mouth “Wow, we must be somewhere else not in Iraq”!!!
Isn't the new buildings that amazed me only but, people who lived their, feeling responsible about Erbil's beauty & how they followed rules & working together to get it better & better...
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