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Villages near Khanaqin in 1953

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Uploaded by on Apr 8, 2007

These scenes of Kurdish villages were all filmed by my Father who was working in the oil fields around this area. He said the countryside was beautiful and the people really friendly.

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  • I was among the first Americans to go to this village after the Iraq invasion. It's about an hour or so north of Bala Ruz right? There's was a girl there who wrote me a love letter. Her name was Bernar. She lived right next to the girl's school there in town.

  • Sadly I have no idea where these cines were taken. They would have been to the north of Khanaqin towards the mountains

    .I have had many comments from all over the world from folk happy to see their homelands. I have sent copies to posters in the UK

    "That is my dad!"some say

    The town and refinery I lived in then was flattened during the Iraq/Iran war. Nothing

    remains. Hallabje was just up the road.

    I am the little boy in shorts.

    But we did have a hell of a Buick,

  • PS I am sure some good will come of your time in Iraq. (Keep the letter) Christopher

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  • this is a treasure. Thank you for uploading it.

  • ahaha :D

  • Well, I do not expect to get to visit my birthplace for some time. Masjid-i-Sulaiman is on my passport as where I was born. Persia, I like to call it. A more ancient name and a bit more romantic.I am English but customs officers still give me a hard look!!!

  • thanks for the good comment

    i am planing on returning for good in a couple of years(4-5) though i will go visite every summer starting the next one :)

  • These are difficult times, it is good to know you are safe in Canada. Try and find the open spaces and mountains that you remember.

  • it makes me sad to know ive been away from such great land for 7 years

    one day i will return and never leave even if a dictator tries to force me out

  • some off this vedio are my family photo can i copy to cd and send it to my family???

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