http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/gallery/539192_2RzgS/ This day trip was so cool it deserved it's own gallery... My boss sent our head engineer, Ion Irimescu, & I to Camp Anaconda outside of Balad to do a site inspection on May 15th, 2005. All I really cared about was the helicopter ride there and back, a half hour each way. Awesome! I wanna grow up to be a helicopter pilot now. Anyway, the experience also afforded me the opportunity to get some nice shots of the Iraqi countryside... http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Travel Wed, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 -0800 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:20:35 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021481/85500021_MKi7d-Ti.jpg http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/gallery/539192_2RzgS/ http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500021_MKi7d <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Man, I really just don't look like I belong here at all. But what do you know? I am! This is a Blackhawk we're in. Woo hoo!</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500021_MKi7d" title="Man, I really just don't look like I belong here at all. But what do you know? I am! This is a Blackhawk we're in. Woo hoo!"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021481/85500021_MKi7d-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Man, I really just don't look like I belong here at all. But what do you know? I am! This is a Blackhawk we're in. Woo hoo!" title="Man, I really just don't look like I belong here at all. But what do you know? I am! This is a Blackhawk we're in. Woo hoo!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:12 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021481/85500021_MKi7d-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 07:23:10 71e665cd18c8c04465819eee7e5c29f1 7722a4455634ca55178c7ac5908ab851 769e5525e5ab9eb6b1779eb14e6387e1 37834081c5cba459407dce5e2a60761f 871324346b5e6ce576fe25ac7fc5a05c c7b651418e76df2a9fe8ef5a48278876 Man, I really just don't look like I belong here at all. But what do you know? I am! This is a Blackhawk we're in. Woo hoo! <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Man, I really just don't look like I belong here at all. But what do you know? I am! This is a Blackhawk we're in. Woo hoo!</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500021_MKi7d" title="Man, I really just don't look like I belong here at all. But what do you know? I am! This is a Blackhawk we're in. Woo hoo!"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021481/85500021_MKi7d-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Man, I really just don't look like I belong here at all. But what do you know? I am! This is a Blackhawk we're in. Woo hoo!" title="Man, I really just don't look like I belong here at all. But what do you know? I am! This is a Blackhawk we're in. Woo hoo!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500022_JXrUu <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Ion, our Romanian engineer.</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500022_JXrUu" title="Ion, our Romanian engineer."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021430/85500022_JXrUu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Ion, our Romanian engineer." title="Ion, our Romanian engineer." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:12 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021430/85500022_JXrUu-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 12:01:09 34da6f317124cdda479e3de68bf019b5 aa0edd7c6a93c11ea911602806174bdc 19cd9b9f9d6211d8eaf7f3620cebecc8 8897a0af209408ad1b66984738230d84 948020e36b475b100c886d089b7622d9 Ion, our Romanian engineer. <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Ion, our Romanian engineer.</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500022_JXrUu" title="Ion, our Romanian engineer."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021430/85500022_JXrUu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Ion, our Romanian engineer." title="Ion, our Romanian engineer." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500023_6rXLK <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Ion & I. Nope, still don't look like I belong in a helicopter.</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500023_6rXLK" title="Ion & I. Nope, still don't look like I belong in a helicopter."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021431/85500023_6rXLK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Ion & I. Nope, still don't look like I belong in a helicopter." title="Ion & I. Nope, still don't look like I belong in a helicopter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:12 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021431/85500023_6rXLK-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 12:01:21 aecce048e00b3384b8d0c6a23d12e517 7447f3d463016567ac9c93275b5bbd6d 56ff0cb4c8abb51090951d9962bb9f4d b15f495805a47c2ad10a92060cf56eb3 fda69e91ebc645c0f4d9d93f19668d14 Ion & I. Nope, still don't look like I belong in a helicopter. <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Ion & I. Nope, still don't look like I belong in a helicopter.</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500023_6rXLK" title="Ion & I. Nope, still don't look like I belong in a helicopter."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021431/85500023_6rXLK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Ion & I. Nope, still don't look like I belong in a helicopter." title="Ion & I. Nope, still don't look like I belong in a helicopter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500024_AGrBi <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500024_AGrBi" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021433/85500024_AGrBi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:12 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021433/85500024_AGrBi-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 12:05:46 4336f98549ceb643da7fdbcdc03bb1e6 a1a6498b3ca6f9196609c1b8f4adf9e2 be7da95666d4fa5e83e89218696cfc06 7fdeafbba35346745432c760b2e222a8 18d3f7d670008b069e125550deedf511 Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500024_AGrBi" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021433/85500024_AGrBi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500025_PWX6s <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500025_PWX6s" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021434/85500025_PWX6s-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:13 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021434/85500025_PWX6s-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 12:06:05 7eb839ae184070d8472cfc14f671e6d5 7abaa8622ca6533100a97be094f55c24 94f15d50112118d5292c5bb9b2403aa6 efe7f3385277d14727af49da24889f9b 95a6b07122c5b3c61ee3ec00b4a82a6a Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500025_PWX6s" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021434/85500025_PWX6s-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500026_n9Cci <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500026_n9Cci" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021441/85500026_n9Cci-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:13 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021441/85500026_n9Cci-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 12:11:02 5f59ba939aaf9c53c6f5e63c6cc3af14 4bdd8f76f0e089837afd92b6b1bbc96f 1196035ff1dbf22e2a1a56e185a6fb8f dbcbf4859c94b271faa3cdb39ef033a1 f477b50a22081dab9e78a38175470cff Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500026_n9Cci" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021441/85500026_n9Cci-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500027_X9eVV <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500027_X9eVV" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021439/85500027_X9eVV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:13 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021439/85500027_X9eVV-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 12:10:05 f45d757cdd174c3a58ac07210f4a0baa a569d84df079a5baa1d4b9d42d22374a c689b154320e8c853e6c25789d077bd7 81c35869b2b4895d0faca07e21b21a4c 2ca8993c8a1f7fe0ab20b889f7cd8b4e Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500027_X9eVV" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021439/85500027_X9eVV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500028_pVe62 <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500028_pVe62" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021435/85500028_pVe62-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:13 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021435/85500028_pVe62-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 12:06:21 fd889eea0d2d5c9f4b757d86cff96b48 20dd8d2a4b90e87377c31011aae15f3f 0274f15ae09390d5f350689a5705c269 0fb337e13698294f62603ca6b98b37f5 ae0bb8c3eccd5ae6a51f6827262e03ae Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500028_pVe62" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021435/85500028_pVe62-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500030_VDSGL <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500030_VDSGL" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021436/85500030_VDSGL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:13 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021436/85500030_VDSGL-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 12:07:26 b769cb935056d182f342beabf9abd11a e0e194dccef40e610e0ee19da52982d7 b192649de49453e5f51ef41a87e5132c 28cf4f090231755f293159d11148b2a6 7e6560f72cb379d717548983fac751a2 Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500030_VDSGL" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021436/85500030_VDSGL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500034_bxi9e <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500034_bxi9e" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021437/85500034_bxi9e-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:14 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021437/85500034_bxi9e-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 12:08:23 5859db4c969963b0d45c94d37e96a9c4 c14acd67b40598df3359c9e6992ad4d6 a3b40bb1c2b6bd5e4a6d65300b9adb4b b8b4f9d303b068101ebbaadc10e65ba1 3a910a2ea2a6718adfd93b82e6993688 Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500034_bxi9e" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021437/85500034_bxi9e-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500035_NqdeX <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500035_NqdeX" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021447/85500035_NqdeX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:14 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021447/85500035_NqdeX-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 12:15:42 7acc2f4598b730d3e6ef503211490969 82d7c007af71635463a185edea49e7d1 e9f4692cba2729977ba17ce2ab243706 20963c278c0d7c792297efbcea8982c1 b648d6ff3d24c8073422d7cc210127d8 Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500035_NqdeX" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021447/85500035_NqdeX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500036_tpY9w <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside and the tigris river with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500036_tpY9w" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside and the tigris river with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021440/85500036_tpY9w-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside and the tigris river with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside and the tigris river with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:14 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021440/85500036_tpY9w-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 12:10:48 aa6a2543ebd69cc7715787fa383f2b5c 148bedf27cd29a79f77e002d6998634e a4570664ff3c0c33b66e32b8b541af5f f35453f3666a5032f4459d9e59761e8b 53ec44510825f89b44f6f315aa898d40 Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside and the tigris river with a gun pointed at it <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside and the tigris river with a gun pointed at it</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500036_tpY9w" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside and the tigris river with a gun pointed at it"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021440/85500036_tpY9w-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside and the tigris river with a gun pointed at it" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi countryside and the tigris river with a gun pointed at it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500038_tX2Va <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Arriving at Camp Anaconda</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500038_tX2Va" title="Arriving at Camp Anaconda"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021450/85500038_tX2Va-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Arriving at Camp Anaconda" title="Arriving at Camp Anaconda" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:14 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021450/85500038_tX2Va-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 12:23:15 546336d428d77603e1faeff642549ab3 28773b18de4cea8b5d16260f8d075bfb 53f515e749c2c0ed22ce8e8621500d6b fb0ef7c5cd12daf16fbb8cb32f8989d2 02a0ec2c759af161a3ea167210fccccc Arriving at Camp Anaconda <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Arriving at Camp Anaconda</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500038_tX2Va" title="Arriving at Camp Anaconda"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021450/85500038_tX2Va-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Arriving at Camp Anaconda" title="Arriving at Camp Anaconda" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500039_59Cn5 <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Arriving at Camp Anaconda</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500039_59Cn5" title="Arriving at Camp Anaconda"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021498/85500039_59Cn5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Arriving at Camp Anaconda" title="Arriving at Camp Anaconda" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:14 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021498/85500039_59Cn5-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:04:42 14e27df012055601ba79a7722d0776f4 60356c2e3e8aace64eeaed216b370e06 76fb301674e00b178a86a6ee8d564dfa 240a13b7fc7276327e483546d3a79058 8c262ae2de95f5fcdf75467851316b26 Arriving at Camp Anaconda <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Arriving at Camp Anaconda</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500039_59Cn5" title="Arriving at Camp Anaconda"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021498/85500039_59Cn5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Arriving at Camp Anaconda" title="Arriving at Camp Anaconda" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500040_WkCcC <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Dust Storm at Camp Anaconda... I know it's not a very interesting photograph, but hey, dust storm. duh.</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500040_WkCcC" title="Dust Storm at Camp Anaconda... I know it's not a very interesting photograph, but hey, dust storm. duh."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021472/85500040_WkCcC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Dust Storm at Camp Anaconda... I know it's not a very interesting photograph, but hey, dust storm. duh." title="Dust Storm at Camp Anaconda... I know it's not a very interesting photograph, but hey, dust storm. duh." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:14 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021472/85500040_WkCcC-Th.jpg 2003-01-01 15:54:41 876601f12b691d2946adee206034f7cd 10974b33ee85ab1c58bead66a3c3d880 b3144658045a6dd2b47df8e98b9b2f04 37e9ffe9b8c9cbeeb748fe24b400308a 7ed865eb6a455f6b68ce2835763bfe32 Dust Storm at Camp Anaconda... I know it's not a very interesting photograph, but hey, dust storm. duh. <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Dust Storm at Camp Anaconda... I know it's not a very interesting photograph, but hey, dust storm. duh.</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500040_WkCcC" title="Dust Storm at Camp Anaconda... I know it's not a very interesting photograph, but hey, dust storm. duh."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021472/85500040_WkCcC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Dust Storm at Camp Anaconda... I know it's not a very interesting photograph, but hey, dust storm. duh." title="Dust Storm at Camp Anaconda... I know it's not a very interesting photograph, but hey, dust storm. duh." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500041_MaE8F <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Getting back on the Blackhawk for Baghdad</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500041_MaE8F" title="Getting back on the Blackhawk for Baghdad"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021479/85500041_MaE8F-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Getting back on the Blackhawk for Baghdad" title="Getting back on the Blackhawk for Baghdad" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:14 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021479/85500041_MaE8F-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 07:19:50 e61c42a0f46130ae0d271f75b2c9ea00 f30c0ea21c15853acadf3ce20e42b307 adfba437f4416057a12df16725a229a7 d18c1f2301c1ba1546548e5c3bf4810b ca3a9959be9733eed20dbdc04956006e Getting back on the Blackhawk for Baghdad <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Getting back on the Blackhawk for Baghdad</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500041_MaE8F" title="Getting back on the Blackhawk for Baghdad"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021479/85500041_MaE8F-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Getting back on the Blackhawk for Baghdad" title="Getting back on the Blackhawk for Baghdad" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500042_NU2uD <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Another Blackhawk taking off, as I couldn't very well get a picture of ours taking off, now could I?</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500042_NU2uD" title="Another Blackhawk taking off, as I couldn't very well get a picture of ours taking off, now could I?"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021482/85500042_NU2uD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Another Blackhawk taking off, as I couldn't very well get a picture of ours taking off, now could I?" title="Another Blackhawk taking off, as I couldn't very well get a picture of ours taking off, now could I?" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:53:15 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021482/85500042_NU2uD-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 07:43:29 addfd78fa6db0a7f0a24497e41754adc dbfda1d64359f5f820eff47446a6d2fd 5a87fd946da2be3a8148ba5629d5fa21 7bb89140c900c28a388898eb97ff9a59 103e29b0ca0a81d563b953f52e0ab5d5 Another Blackhawk taking off, as I couldn't very well get a picture of ours taking off, now could I? <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Another Blackhawk taking off, as I couldn't very well get a picture of ours taking off, now could I?</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85500042_NU2uD" title="Another Blackhawk taking off, as I couldn't very well get a picture of ours taking off, now could I?"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021482/85500042_NU2uD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Another Blackhawk taking off, as I couldn't very well get a picture of ours taking off, now could I?" title="Another Blackhawk taking off, as I couldn't very well get a picture of ours taking off, now could I?" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509003_6uQJg <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi country side with a gun pointed at it from inside the Blackhawk</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509003_6uQJg" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi country side with a gun pointed at it from inside the Blackhawk"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021503/85509003_6uQJg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi country side with a gun pointed at it from inside the Blackhawk" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi country side with a gun pointed at it from inside the Blackhawk" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:36 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021503/85509003_6uQJg-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:09:23 2f1a93d0c21c20b9536d8d601f9f03cf 2c0135de6c970691f8693eb56ad1091e a30ea6e7b17683c94a7e6048a86f2d70 32f5e41bdcae35297d40ef07f1a63e58 2484fd5f8fa72f4fc6f978d035b81130 Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi country side with a gun pointed at it from inside the Blackhawk <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi country side with a gun pointed at it from inside the Blackhawk</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509003_6uQJg" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi country side with a gun pointed at it from inside the Blackhawk"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021503/85509003_6uQJg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi country side with a gun pointed at it from inside the Blackhawk" title="Okay, there are alot of these, so I'll just leave the caption the same unless I have something better to say... pretty Iraqi country side with a gun pointed at it from inside the Blackhawk" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509004_U6HUc <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Another inside the Blackhawk photo</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509004_U6HUc" title="Another inside the Blackhawk photo"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021506/85509004_U6HUc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Another inside the Blackhawk photo" title="Another inside the Blackhawk photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:36 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021506/85509004_U6HUc-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:14:31 2f90442f2890fb235a10e3031918805b c40fb71627e65e0eb8f8107d7315cace bc7024a4c144ba9a5fe130ffe4258c4a b5dc6568bdd29c9d7468563171b08f99 fbd6f212dfdeb7c4505c530bc8055478 Another inside the Blackhawk photo <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Another inside the Blackhawk photo</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509004_U6HUc" title="Another inside the Blackhawk photo"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021506/85509004_U6HUc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Another inside the Blackhawk photo" title="Another inside the Blackhawk photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509005_T5pDG <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />What should have been a really awesome shot was partially ruined by dirty Blackhawk window glass...GRRRRrrrrrrr</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509005_T5pDG" title="What should have been a really awesome shot was partially ruined by dirty Blackhawk window glass...GRRRRrrrrrrr"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021501/85509005_T5pDG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="What should have been a really awesome shot was partially ruined by dirty Blackhawk window glass...GRRRRrrrrrrr" title="What should have been a really awesome shot was partially ruined by dirty Blackhawk window glass...GRRRRrrrrrrr" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:36 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021501/85509005_T5pDG-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:07:19 cf84eda9b26b2220e6f606e387091afe eff42a72537b73b57ed70508c89c747b e34c60b8f60c81bf81a3f14fde981d46 a049f0afda3812dc8d94de1bf439d343 be6e6070233b4166af07fd2dfbdca468 What should have been a really awesome shot was partially ruined by dirty Blackhawk window glass...GRRRRrrrrrrr <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />What should have been a really awesome shot was partially ruined by dirty Blackhawk window glass...GRRRRrrrrrrr</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509005_T5pDG" title="What should have been a really awesome shot was partially ruined by dirty Blackhawk window glass...GRRRRrrrrrrr"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021501/85509005_T5pDG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="What should have been a really awesome shot was partially ruined by dirty Blackhawk window glass...GRRRRrrrrrrr" title="What should have been a really awesome shot was partially ruined by dirty Blackhawk window glass...GRRRRrrrrrrr" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509006_YPZvJ <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509006_YPZvJ" title="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021510/85509006_YPZvJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!" title="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:36 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021510/85509006_YPZvJ-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:17:32 aa479800d030f3a6e9926de2cccb723c 7768a1dacfc53c330b1ca91ff0478f89 2a6a7e1af8b30ba443bbb5e09ff6132d c0929f67cd2aee22b78463ffc1643a7e 532080146cb7654ac8ef78f6c7f70f55 If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business! <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509006_YPZvJ" title="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021510/85509006_YPZvJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!" title="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509007_HigAZ <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509007_HigAZ" title="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021509/85509007_HigAZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!" title="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:36 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021509/85509007_HigAZ-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:17:08 40a929acae54f34f65875be8b5b58a8a e8d95ef339eb76b9cfba7e91c0b7c161 d9c99ac298fdd4db19de590a039c0940 a1dc324f7f4692cec1a2c3b904056c32 de090f66c01e3819f80acd5f2ffd1f55 If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business! <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509007_HigAZ" title="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021509/85509007_HigAZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!" title="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509009_asyAP <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509009_asyAP" title="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021514/85509009_asyAP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!" title="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:36 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021514/85509009_asyAP-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:18:15 d3622c063612d2698cc9bab0445cd5eb b057e3df95e3f890689b7a8613a0e69a 3e0c0ce6fec1a616f13e53c27d6303c1 04c40b37d62835cb391d615f206b12b9 ec6a55353cbf5e9e9b9ac056cca7fe8f If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business! <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509009_asyAP" title="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021514/85509009_asyAP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!" title="If you look closely, you can see farming Iraqis going about their business!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509010_Jipcy <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509010_Jipcy" title="If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021515/85509010_Jipcy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!" title="If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:37 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021515/85509010_Jipcy-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:18:32 5bc5b07457b4046a848fb671687148ff 66c1a903c8c761f214a8e8643ae78500 b707a8c15e024c65200e39906a3b5cb1 4fb85d85dd0a1656bf9d391fda65f6ee 81658c5c08e035b3daf4e81f3c5b7506 If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business! <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509010_Jipcy" title="If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021515/85509010_Jipcy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!" title="If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509012_hiMzZ <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509012_hiMzZ" title="If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021519/85509012_hiMzZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!" title="If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:37 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021519/85509012_hiMzZ-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:19:52 5b4b28f212991cc93c2b90e69ae8af6c 46cacbde5073c1ab9fa93e22492cd52b 55781734c40e98d5cf48669a28cb251a 011a08fc88962d3b9473582cf6b9fd28 981d1b847cfd0316ccceb1407dd47d6c If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business! <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509012_hiMzZ" title="If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021519/85509012_hiMzZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!" title="If you look closely, you can see Iraqis going about their business!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509013_EixpT <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Arriving on the outskirts of Baghdad</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509013_EixpT" title="Arriving on the outskirts of Baghdad"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021523/85509013_EixpT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Arriving on the outskirts of Baghdad" title="Arriving on the outskirts of Baghdad" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:37 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021523/85509013_EixpT-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:21:13 5556f5d8f23d6fa28ccfc53f85f3c7b6 22f031944499ad14789f85159e6345c2 be49921f8d66f7ec52ead7c37b251ad0 7d57cbbacd5fb77e8531a12873338d2b 6d0a1fb8256bd2712fa34ae6b119845e Arriving on the outskirts of Baghdad <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Arriving on the outskirts of Baghdad</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509013_EixpT" title="Arriving on the outskirts of Baghdad"><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021523/85509013_EixpT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Arriving on the outskirts of Baghdad" title="Arriving on the outskirts of Baghdad" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509014_Dx4SN <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Baghdad proper... I absolutely loved this. Seeing Baghdad from the sky was a total mindblaster... I am not a hippie. ...For saying mindblaster, I mean. -but it was, so leave me alone.</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509014_Dx4SN" title="Baghdad proper... I absolutely loved this. Seeing Baghdad from the sky was a total mindblaster... I am not a hippie. ...For saying mindblaster, I mean. -but it was, so leave me alone."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021527/85509014_Dx4SN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Baghdad proper... I absolutely loved this. Seeing Baghdad from the sky was a total mindblaster... I am not a hippie. ...For saying mindblaster, I mean. -but it was, so leave me alone." title="Baghdad proper... I absolutely loved this. Seeing Baghdad from the sky was a total mindblaster... I am not a hippie. ...For saying mindblaster, I mean. -but it was, so leave me alone." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:37 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021527/85509014_Dx4SN-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:23:04 2e0b3304468cf3c18b7dd56525d29d5c e4f5ec657a0f82230719954464b38d39 c3d87daf0bfb7604bba3fcc54ebe6983 8f0cbd8991e73592a0e014d8c5518f06 84ffb7a6c8388c58621787db3ddd57fa Baghdad proper... I absolutely loved this. Seeing Baghdad from the sky was a total mindblaster... I am not a hippie. ...For saying mindblaster, I mean. -but it was, so leave me alone. <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Baghdad proper... I absolutely loved this. Seeing Baghdad from the sky was a total mindblaster... I am not a hippie. ...For saying mindblaster, I mean. -but it was, so leave me alone.</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509014_Dx4SN" title="Baghdad proper... I absolutely loved this. Seeing Baghdad from the sky was a total mindblaster... I am not a hippie. ...For saying mindblaster, I mean. -but it was, so leave me alone."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021527/85509014_Dx4SN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Baghdad proper... I absolutely loved this. Seeing Baghdad from the sky was a total mindblaster... I am not a hippie. ...For saying mindblaster, I mean. -but it was, so leave me alone." title="Baghdad proper... I absolutely loved this. Seeing Baghdad from the sky was a total mindblaster... I am not a hippie. ...For saying mindblaster, I mean. -but it was, so leave me alone." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509015_M3ZpM <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Crossing over into the Green Zone...</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509015_M3ZpM" title="Crossing over into the Green Zone..."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021528/85509015_M3ZpM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Crossing over into the Green Zone..." title="Crossing over into the Green Zone..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:37 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021528/85509015_M3ZpM-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:23:19 f6c97a7efdd2ea204d97900e3966c919 756365122e534d1809f9696223cb9222 1577f4d231a4260c32dac386d472a053 084ef61acac31d4b3b671d885e3f1be8 92593c49e8e17ac3cac53a618e49548a Crossing over into the Green Zone... <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />Crossing over into the Green Zone...</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509015_M3ZpM" title="Crossing over into the Green Zone..."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021528/85509015_M3ZpM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Crossing over into the Green Zone..." title="Crossing over into the Green Zone..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509016_j8NbE <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />...and this is the showstopper, ladies and gentlemen. If you check out my Baghdad gallery, you'll see close up ground photos of this stuff. If you look real close you can also see Celebratio ...</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509016_j8NbE" title="...and this is the showstopper, ladies and gentlemen. If you check out my Baghdad gallery, you'll see close up ground photos of this stuff. If you look real close you can also see Celebratio ..."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021529/85509016_j8NbE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="...and this is the showstopper, ladies and gentlemen. If you check out my Baghdad gallery, you'll see close up ground photos of this stuff. If you look real close you can also see Celebratio ..." title="...and this is the showstopper, ladies and gentlemen. If you check out my Baghdad gallery, you'll see close up ground photos of this stuff. If you look real close you can also see Celebratio ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:37 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021529/85509016_j8NbE-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:23:37 1c92ed95a7c26c75ce3a08d6e8a8def1 f098acfc7504df0b860f1927d0e08de3 553337c87fb93a51215ee9b116766227 e851dd7f2dfdf7b09d6ccc0c5d5ae2fd 033e074d5ba402f704e6adb6d33f772d ...and this is the showstopper, ladies and gentlemen. If you check out my Baghdad gallery, you'll see close up ground photos of this stuff. If you look real close you can also see Celebratio ... <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />...and this is the showstopper, ladies and gentlemen. If you check out my Baghdad gallery, you'll see close up ground photos of this stuff. If you look real close you can also see Celebratio ...</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509016_j8NbE" title="...and this is the showstopper, ladies and gentlemen. If you check out my Baghdad gallery, you'll see close up ground photos of this stuff. If you look real close you can also see Celebratio ..."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021529/85509016_j8NbE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="...and this is the showstopper, ladies and gentlemen. If you check out my Baghdad gallery, you'll see close up ground photos of this stuff. If you look real close you can also see Celebratio ..." title="...and this is the showstopper, ladies and gentlemen. If you check out my Baghdad gallery, you'll see close up ground photos of this stuff. If you look real close you can also see Celebratio ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509019_jWs5b <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />And the final shot as we're about to descend. I can't figure out what building this is, though.</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509019_jWs5b" title="And the final shot as we're about to descend. I can't figure out what building this is, though."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021530/85509019_jWs5b-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="And the final shot as we're about to descend. I can't figure out what building this is, though." title="And the final shot as we're about to descend. I can't figure out what building this is, though." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:37 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (messiestobjects) http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021530/85509019_jWs5b-Th.jpg 2003-01-02 08:23:55 704194af9a9d3780e09ce935988001e4 ead35bfdcc74d12dc6b9249db2e37b8c 9047ad2a419fca534908d3553ff2725e 05fefda3818a1f8c59b939e6332f4404 b88bcbf575e2e3f674483517674447c3 And the final shot as we're about to descend. I can't figure out what building this is, though. <p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com">messiestobjects</a><br />And the final shot as we're about to descend. I can't figure out what building this is, though.</p><p><a href="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/539192_2RzgS#85509019_jWs5b" title="And the final shot as we're about to descend. I can't figure out what building this is, though."><img src="http://messiestobjects.smugmug.com/Travel/My-Middle-Eastern-Days/Blackhawk-Ride-to-Balad-Iraq/1021530/85509019_jWs5b-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="And the final shot as we're about to descend. I can't figure out what building this is, though." title="And the final shot as we're about to descend. I can't figure out what building this is, though." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel messiestobjects messiestobjects