Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 – Prologue
History of Iraq from WW1 to Saddam – WMD – Sanctions

Chapter 2 – Amman to the Iraqi Border
Amman – Eastern Desert – Bedouin – Desert Castle – Jordanian Air Bases – Lawrence’s Azraq Castle – Desert Towns – Iraqi Border Post

Chapter 3 – Iraqi Border to Baghdad
Border Post – Iranian Attack on Iraqi H3 Air Base – Al Walid Nerve Gas Agent – Scuds – DHL Plane Attack – Blackwater Bridge Fallujah – Abu Ghraib Prison – Baghdad

Chapter 4 – Journey to Work in Baghdad
Secret Police – The Lion of Babylon – Generals Husayn and Saddam Kamil – Revolutionary Command Council Building – Toppling of Saddam’s statue at Firdos Square – Abu Nuwas (ancient Iraqi Oscar Wilde) – Scheherazade Sculpture Tableaux

Chapter 5 – Journey from Work in Baghdad
UN Saddoun Building – UN Residential Representative (Ambassador) – Death of Layla Attar – Iraqi Currency Iraqi co-workers – Sandstorms – Picasso painting – Imad Khadduri Iraqi Nuclear scientist – Abdul Muhsin Al Sadoun – Ali Baba statuary group

Chapter 6 – Hotel Babel
al Dawrah Refinery – al Sujud Palace – Ba’ath Party HQ – Fred Flintstone Village and the al Rahman Mosque

Chapter 7 – Republican Palace
al Salam Palace and Baghdad Bridges

Chapter 8 – Mini history of Baghdad
Saddam’s yacht and his torture facilities

Chapter 9 – Martyrs’ Monument and the Canal Hotel

Chapter 10 – Freedom Frieze
al Rasheed Hotel – The Swords of Qadisiyah – Monument to the Unknown Soldier – Baghdad Fish Restaurants

Chapter 11 – Baghdad to Taji
Iraqi Checkpoints – Transportation of Women Iraqi Style – Taji Military Base

Chapter 12 – Taji to Sammara
Saddam’s Mujahedin e Khalq – Mass Graves – Balad Air Base – Samarra

Chapter 13 – Tikrit to Sulaymaniyah
Kirkuk – Oilfield – Crossing Saddam’s Ring of Steel around Kurdistan

Chapter 14 – Baji Oil Complex
Nineveh – Mosul Palace and Dam – Dohuk

Chapter 15 – Formation of Kurdistan
Leaders – Wars – Halabja

Chapter 16 – Operations Northern Comfort and Northern Watch
Peshmergas – PUK Leaders

Chapter 17 – Erbil Leaders
Azadi Kurds – Dohuk

Chapter 18 – Kurdish Factions conflicting electricity requirements

Chapter 19 – Baghdad Jesuit College
Mulla Effendi of Erbil – Iraqi Christians – Assyrian Nuz Roz

Chapter 20 – Kurdish UN Staff
Abilities of Kurdish Women – Espionage

Chapter 21 – Erbil Citadel
Antique Karez water system

Chapter 22 – Social Life Erbil
Kurdistan Air Conditioning Systems – Reward on my Head – Alexander’s Battle of Guagamela

Chapter 23 – Escape of Saddam’s Nuclear Scientist
Erbil Picnic – Rowanduz - Kurdish Battle Area

Chapter 24 – The Hamilton Road
Murder of UN Staff Member in Ankawa – Our Lady’s House

Chapter 25 – Korek Astronomical Observatory

Chapter 26 – Report on Derbendikhan and Dokan Dams

Chapter 27 – Repair of Derbendikhan and Dokan Dams

Chapter 28 – Bekhma Dam
Meeting with Saddam’s Bombmaker

Chapter 29 – Lost City of Hatra
Mass Graves at Hatra – Land Mines

Chapter 30 – Erbil to Sulaymaniyah Back Road

Chapter 31 – Sulaymaniyah
The Red Security Torture Facility

Chapter 32 – Dohuk City and Lake
State of Electricity System

Chapter 33 – The Back Back Road From Dohuk to Amaydia
Saddam’s Mountain Palaces

Chapter 34 – Escape from Bombing of Iraq
Visits to New York

Chapter 35 – Mission to Egypt
Cairo – Pyramids at Giza – Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara

Chapter 36 – Mission to India
Taj Mahal – Gandhi – Tippu Sultan and the Mysore Wars

Chapter 37 – Mission to Bosnia
Sarajevo Airport – Parliament Building – Twin Towers – Cathedral

Chapter 38 – End of my time in Saddam’s Iraq

Chapter 39 – Basra Army Base

Chapter 40 – Road and River Patrols from Basra

Chapter 41 – Aerial Patrols from Basra
Stormy Journey Home

Author’s Biography