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82mm Mortar Rounds - Dont leave home without them!
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	Take everything u can think of! Tip Rating:

Updated By marimar_72 on March 19, 2003

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when we travelled to Iraq,my mom packed everything,,we were a moving super market!
took tooth pastes, shampoos, soaps,,, rice,olive oil,olives...and dont laugh at this,,but we also took a 10 kilo grams of Bananas!
My cousin`s 7 year old kid did NOT know what was that fruit!It was his first time to see and taste a banana!!!!!!!!

If it`s summer take cotten clothes.if it`s winter take heavy clothes because not many places have heating system.

Take all your medication with you,dont expect to find even a pill for your headaches!

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By fabrice on August 25, 2002

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by fabrice

in summer,it IS hot,but really hot:42°C in bagdad and mossoul,45°C in the south

take everything you can,for in iraq,if you are sick,you will probably die;do not drink water,because in iraq,water has no minerals,so you will lose to much sodium magnesium and calcium

avoid to take photographs outside tourist or acheological sites;and of course,it is forbidden to use your camera in front of saddam's palaces

this is the mosque of samarra;I tried to climb to the main ziggurat of this city but I almost fell because of the vertigo

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	Bring Your Own Ammo

Updated By american_tourister on May 5, 2007

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82mm Mortar Rounds - Dont
leave home without them!

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You need something with straps that you can carry as a backpack. Wheeled luggage is useless on crushed rock and river rock. Cordura Nylon is best. You can beat on it, cut it, and run in sand storms with it and still wash and use it. Most of us use Bug Out Bags.

Heavy duty clothing from good manufacturers is a must. Columbia, 5.11, Timberland, any of the top brands but it must be ruigged construction and able to withstand this harsh, harsh environment.

AFEES carries just about anything you need. Bring a weeks supply and restock here.

I use a DSLR now but in the early days I had a sereies of cheap digital cameras as the weather just beat them up. Don't bring anything you can't afford to replace.

Living here is camping! Everything is a hoot!

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