[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Life is returning to Baghdad!

[Howlin]

Happy Birthday, Saddam!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I just thought this was very encouraging!

OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

[VOA]

“Our children still can’t sleep without tossing and turning all night, our dreams
have turned to nightmares; we are still in rehabilitation from
Saddam’s rule,” said a gardener from Mustafa nursery.
Kazim, the owner of another nursery, thinks that even his flowers seem liberated from the shackles of the former president.
“Believe it or not, since the disappearance of Saddam, my flowers have been
blooming as if they are happy about what happened,” he said.
“Flowers feel what the people who take care of them feel, and they are happy
because we are.”

It morning (and Spring) again.
Even in Iraq.

And to think the French, Germans and other weasels tried to stop this.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It's always darkest before dawn. The sun is coming up in Iraq.

[Portnoy]

..and on Broadway, Springtime for Saddam plays to packed audiences...

[Carry_Okie]

The environmental effects of the missiles are another matter. “It’s still too early to determine the extent of the damage to the soil and the plants,” he said. “At least the water wasn’t cut off as in 1991, so we were able to take care of our plants and trees throughout this war,” said Abdullah.

I would be surprised if the total tonnage of munitions used in this war is as much as was used in 1991.

Another side-benefit of precision. :-)

[sharktrager]

OK...

The nurseries can't afford pesticides, but every barrel we find in the country is full of them.

[dixiechick2000]

"As for the red sand that covers Baghdad when the seasonal khamasin winds blow, he said it does the plants no harm. “In fact, it protects them from insects, because we can’t afford to buy the pesticides or the proper soil.”

I thought there were tons of pesticides there. We've been finding them everywhere.