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2019 Protest Art We took a drive through a tunnel decorated with anti-government protest art from 2019. The October demonstrations, spurred by the youth, became the largest and longest lasting uprising since 2003. People were protesting government corruption, unemployment, and lack of public services like clean water and electricity. In the first six months, security forces and paramilitary groups loosely connected to the government killed 600 protesters and injured more than

Our rides into the Mesopotamia Marshlands We left Nasiriyah early because we had a breakfast date in the Mesopotamian Marshlands 1.5 hours away. The Wandering Earl Team passed out keffiyehs for each of us to shade our heads. We all needed help getting them wrapped and secured correctly. Our bus dropped us on the bank above the boats and drivers. Once in the boats we shot off into the marsh. The water isn't so deep as you can see by the cows cooling off in the water. We sped

The Police Escort to Fallujah The drive to Fallujah is about 1.5 hours but also dependent upon how many times our mini bus is stopped at checkpoints. Along the way we passed the notorious (during Saddam's time and later when in 2003 the US Army and CIA took over) Abu Ghraib prison. At the Anbar Province checkpoint in western Iraq we picked up a police escort, with red lights flashing and occasional sirens, that stayed with us throughout our visit to Fallujah. Additional polic

Several months ago we made arrangements to travel to Iraq with Wandering Earl Tours . As time passed, we watched as tensions continued to...