Walking through Baghdad's Green Zone

Video postcard I put together for the family, the pretty much lost until just now. From my job in Baghdad, shot in Feb. 2007. My apologies for the crappiness.

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News & Politics

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• Baghdad
• Green
• Zone
• International
• Operation
• Iraqi
• Freedom

[esanders1717]

I'm sure the Mhadi Militia and the insurgents are very happy to see what they are shooting at so they can better target our facilities. Way to go man...

[Poodog73]

@esanders1717 Glad we have security experts like you around. A) "Our facilities," as you call them, were on the grounds of the Republican Palace. Believe me, the insurgents already knew we were there. B) Nothing in that video exists anymore. Everything's been moved to the new embassy compound, and has been for several years now. Way to be current with your assessment, genius. You must work at the Pentagon.

[esanders1717]

@Poodog73 I'm glad we have people walking around like tourists in a combat zone. Surely you missed the signs at the front CaC that say "No Cameras/Photography" I'm guessing you were a guard or a reservist, because I know that if ANY active duty soldier who outranked you saw that, they would have tightened you up on the spot... The insurgents already knew what was there, but you just made it easier and showed them what we lived in, how we built it, and what, if any, protection we had from IDF..

[Poodog73]

@esanders1717 To reiterate, by the time this video was posted, none of these facilities existed anymore. Also, do you see any workstations? No. Do you see any security gate setups? No. Do you see any ID cards? No. I knew what could and couldn't be photographed because I had a government issued photo pass. Hell, I taught classes to the press on what could and couldn't be photographed. You see a couple of street scenes well outside the old palace and a random housing area. Settle down, expert.

[Poodog73]

@esanders1717 Of course, if you can call the Green Zone a "combat zone" and keep a straight face, I'm starting to see why you're freaking out over nothing. A few sandbags stacked around some doors aren't exactly top secret. At least not since World War I or so.

[Poodog73]

My time in Edgewood was October '06 to July '07 (that was my second, more uneventful trip to Baghdad). Figured I'd better get some footage for the folks at home before it all went away. Might be scheduled to go there for a bit in the next few months. Interested to see what the new embassy compound is like.

[criticaldissent]

Sooner or later the Iraqis are going to drive US out of their country. Sooner the better...

[pogisiG]

@esanders1717 i love how he tries to cover it up then gives up more info like "everything moved to the new embassy"..Opsec,gotta love it..wish i was there though,nice fob,chu's ,best of all air conditioners.. : /

[esanders1717]

@esanders1717 Do they still do OPSEC and COMSEC training in the Army? Pure genius.

[leftywilbury]

thanx