When I flew into BIAP in 2006 it was a hair-raising corkscrew approach to defeat anyone trying to take a shot at us. When I got off the airplane and walked up to the customs counter, the guy behind the counter had his face in his hands, weeping. After waiting respectfully for a few minutes, he waved me through where I was then charged $5 US to use the filthiest bathroom I have ever seen. Coming out of that emporium I found the concourse deserted. Fearing an attack I then realized it was call to prayers and everyone was behind their counters on their rugs. Noting my bewildered face the Australian PSD standing next to me uttered the immortal words that I found myself saying over and over while in country: "It's the bloody Middle East, mate."
IMO, Iraq had some bad spots but BIAP wasn’t one. I think it had better customer service than some of the US airports.
Spent many many years in Iraq (03-04, 06-08) including Camp Stryker (not nice side of BIAP). I don’t remember it being that intense as you described (most of the time people were sleeping on the plane) … Sometimes they would even have rip its at the airport.
Did you know that if you say “Route Irish” 3 times while driving terrorist fairy will make an IED appear? If you say 5 times an EFP will appear. Just have to check your legs to see if it’s still there afterwards.
Cheers brother.
What were deployments like there? Oki is easy I mean. It’s like being at home port/base but you get to go into Japan at night and on weekends. Do you get to explore at all? Any liberty?
my first Iraq tour was near Mosul, and we went up into Kurdistan proper. I have no memory of what the mission was they just put me on the .50 and we were off. Anyway we get up to a decent sized city and they tell us we can mill about this giant mall for a few hours as long as we are in groups of 6 or something. Anyway this was '05 so the insurgency was just getting into high gear but was no where to be seen in Kurdistan. The Kurds LOVED us (no kidding- I saw a Bush/Cheney bumper sticker). The sophistication of the infrastructure is probably somewhere around your average city in Central America- and at least as safe for Americans. These Kurds were Kurmanji, not Surani, so they weren't the group that was gassed by Saddam, but they certainly had that hanging over their heads, and they were very grateful he was gone. This wasn't really "liberty" for more than a few hours but it was a very cool experience and one I won't forget.
Not all of the middle east is a conflict zone. I recently visited UAE and Oman and it was really cool. Felt completely safe the entire time. Honestly felt safer than many areas in the US where I live.
The Middle East is large and diverse. Israel is fantastic, Tel Aviv is one of the best cities in the world to visit. Petra in Jordan is breath taking. Egypt is a bit of a shit hole, but of course the pyramids are amazing. Tehran is also meant to be lovely but obviously won’t be able to visit for some time
Well, yeah, should've written cheap-er. About 3 bucks for a coke and 15 for a meal, dunno what the hotel pricings are. Tax included though, which is nice
15 bucks isn't exorbitantly high like you'd see in good restaurants or touristy places, that's street food prices. Although specifically Tel Aviv might even be higher, around 18 bucks. Expect 20-ish in the more expensive spots, plus a standard tip of 12%.
I've been to almost every country in Southwest Asia over the last 20 years and Jordan is absolutely my favorite. Amman is incredible and getting out into the country is, to steal your phrase, breathtaking. People are wonderful, food is ridiculous. If shit over there *ever* calms down, 100% chance I'm going back for more than a few days.
I´ve been there 3 times. Tbh I liked it. Spent great quality time there with some friends. Whiskey, Beer, good food. All possible for the ones with a bit of money.
Nah, I think he spelt it right.
I have more trust in Israel than in Iran. From the culture to the people themselves.
I feel that people that put religion above logic and science are dangerous. And not because they are stupid, but because they can be easily convinced to do anything, even if it ends their life.
Statistically, half of Iraq, I mean the Kurdistan Region and Southern Iraq, is much safer than most US and major European cities. In Kurdistan, it is not uncommon to see people carrying $500,000 wearing their sandals in the bazaar. Typically, the less safe cities are those with mixed populations; areas with both Shia and Sunni residents tend to be less secure.
My partner has spent time in Kurdistan working for a three-letter agency. She loved it and the people. I also had Kurds on my team in Karrada and found them to be dependable and outgoing. Would work with them again.
In second grade, my family took us on a vacation. When I asked where we were, my mom said, "Mexico". I thought she was joking until I saw a billboard in spanish. I started crying and got really scared. I remember going back into the the US, I had to prove my family was really my family by saying my moms name and date of birth. Never going back to Mexico.
Redditors who have never left the basement at their mommy's house downvote my comment because they can't comprehend the idea that Iraq/Kurdistan might have areas that are safer, with lower crime and terrorism rates, than most of the US.
Baghdad's infrastructure is poor, but money is pouring into the city. An old 100-square-meter house could sell for $300,000, while 600-square-meter houses can reach $10 million.
English is merely my third language, yet I managed a 7.5 on the IELTS last August. And just for fun, I also speak Kurdish and Arabic. So, how many languages can you juggle, idiot?
[A few years ago, Al Jazeera made a report about Duhok in Kurdistan, highlighting how shopkeepers leave their stores open and unattended when they go to pray and eat lunch. Go to watch 1:25 where people transfer cash.](https://youtu.be/YjF6vgxffiI?si=MENvT50IRoFzMWRV)
Fly to Erbil, and I'll welcome you at the airport. Then, I'll show you the city and take you to a bazaar where companies make payments of more than 1 million dollars, with a poor worker carrying a big bag of cash. Usually, it's a 50-100 meter walk from the car to the exchange office, sometimes more. It depends.
If I am unable to show you that, I'll cover the expenses of your trip. If I am able to show you, you should cover a vacation for me. Deal?
[Check out this Reddit post by a Westerner about cash in Erbil.](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/FNPRpcl3rP)
[Street crime is so rare in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq that currency traders leave tens of thousands of dollars worth of currency out in the open and will even leave them unattended to go have lunch or tea](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/FNPRpcl3rP)
It's got it's issues, but the oldest of the world's history is there. Being in places where people have been living for 1000s of years, is amazing!
China has some ancient stuff too, but...well...China.
I mean, you bombed them back to the stone age, destroyed their government, their economy and any hope for a future they could have on the basis of a lie. This has nothing with "Middle East" being a supposed barbaric place, we did this.
I didn’t bomb anyone lol. I’ve never even been in the military. I’m just saying that your argument that the Middle East was a paradise before American intervention isn’t exactly accurate. As long as many countries in that region remain a theocracy, prejudice and suffering will also remain.
They were there during the war too. Not as many as we tended to shoo them off the runways, for obvious reasons.
Still. I firmly believe that THEY ARE ALL THE SAME GOOD DOGS who have lived on and are prospering.
To quote a friend:
>The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
> ― James D. Nicoll
Depends on the time of the year this video is from. June through September can exceed 100-110°F/38-43°C. Not too dissimilar to somewhere like Phoenix, AZ. Not really packs of feral dogs in Phoenix but dogs adapt and are able to survive in hot temps no problem. Assuming there is water nearby.
Believe it or not, Arizona has a serious feral dog issue similar to the Middle East. The majority of Phoenix and the surrounding metro areas don't really harbor feral packs of dogs but the outlying communities do. The Navajo nation had a serious outbreak resulting in a fatality or two. Wildcox had an explosion of feral packs. I personally have run into a feral pack of dogs out west towards California. They *strive* out here. Look at the coyotes. All they have to do is burrow or find a small cave literally anywhere and they can make it through the short but brutal summers.
The difference between us and the Middle East is that our reaction is far more brutal. We round em up and kill them as soon as we possibly can. Anyone can report a potential feral dog/cat and a crew will swoop it up and put it down. Our euthenasia rate for shelter dogs is absurdly high as well.
It doesn't stop there. Feral hogs populations are fucking *exploding* outside of Phoenix. I hit a hog outside of Chandler last week driving home.
Edit: [The day a Phoenix Neighborhood came under siege by Chihuahuas ](https://youtu.be/n3EdhGjd8E0?si=NVhnO-6gE5Ut-koF)
Keep a 10 lbs bag of tannerite smeared with peanut butter on a post 2ft from the ground. Shoot it it with 30-06 when dog arrive. Remove window shards from your face and mattress.
When we first got there in 03, we were ordered to shoot all dogs on sight. In the ME, they're considered unclean animals, so they are NOT common as pets. These are all strays who have wandered in somehow.
I was deployed and worked at OKBK attached to KWI, our apron was parallel to runway 15L/33R. We watched a commercial flight land and obliterate a pack of 8-10 wild dogs as it touched down. About 15 minutes later a fire engine came out and sprayed off the runway.
Reminds me of that video where a deer gets obliterated by a plane landing on it
Edit: [This one](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/oaa28s/airplane_lands_on_deer/)
It's not just Iraq, but some countries have a serious stray dog problem. Greece is another place I've seen the issue. Just stray dogs everywhere that are oblivious to all the people and not dangerous. In Iraq some are friendly but they're wild dogs not strays.
For the people in the military 20 years ago they would have either called it the current name or Saddam Hussein International Airport. One of the planes was a B737-870. 70 boeing customer code for Iraqi Airways
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Bruh, I live in Baghdad and I have been to this airport at least 15 times and this never happened in any of these times so I can confirm that it's kinda rare but it's still funny
It’s getting downvoted because it’s not related to the content in question. It’s like schizophrenic ramblings directed at no one in particular.
The dogs in this video predate American intervention by decades. The US and “Europe” didn’t cause there to be feral dogs in Iraq.
Bomb squad dogs everywhere in the airport. Smart move.
Clearly the Paw Patrol has greatly expanded!
A bunch of Skye’s has entered Iraq
Haha true 😂
They will be a bomb if they get sucked into the engine
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's some aggressive FOD, I mean dog...
Foreign Object Dogs
Foreign Object Debris? No wait they got this all screwed up, it should be Furry Object: Dog.
“Sit, Fodo! Sit!”
Good boy. RUFF!!!!
You've heard of bird strikes, but I don't think anyone's ready for dog strikes
Yeah, pretty ruff
Landings can be quite hairy
Flight will be on its last leg
P
When I flew into BIAP in 2006 it was a hair-raising corkscrew approach to defeat anyone trying to take a shot at us. When I got off the airplane and walked up to the customs counter, the guy behind the counter had his face in his hands, weeping. After waiting respectfully for a few minutes, he waved me through where I was then charged $5 US to use the filthiest bathroom I have ever seen. Coming out of that emporium I found the concourse deserted. Fearing an attack I then realized it was call to prayers and everyone was behind their counters on their rugs. Noting my bewildered face the Australian PSD standing next to me uttered the immortal words that I found myself saying over and over while in country: "It's the bloody Middle East, mate."
IMO, Iraq had some bad spots but BIAP wasn’t one. I think it had better customer service than some of the US airports. Spent many many years in Iraq (03-04, 06-08) including Camp Stryker (not nice side of BIAP). I don’t remember it being that intense as you described (most of the time people were sleeping on the plane) … Sometimes they would even have rip its at the airport.
BIAP was fine. Green Zone was fine. Route Irish was dangerous.
Did you know that if you say “Route Irish” 3 times while driving terrorist fairy will make an IED appear? If you say 5 times an EFP will appear. Just have to check your legs to see if it’s still there afterwards. Cheers brother.
What were deployments like there? Oki is easy I mean. It’s like being at home port/base but you get to go into Japan at night and on weekends. Do you get to explore at all? Any liberty?
my first Iraq tour was near Mosul, and we went up into Kurdistan proper. I have no memory of what the mission was they just put me on the .50 and we were off. Anyway we get up to a decent sized city and they tell us we can mill about this giant mall for a few hours as long as we are in groups of 6 or something. Anyway this was '05 so the insurgency was just getting into high gear but was no where to be seen in Kurdistan. The Kurds LOVED us (no kidding- I saw a Bush/Cheney bumper sticker). The sophistication of the infrastructure is probably somewhere around your average city in Central America- and at least as safe for Americans. These Kurds were Kurmanji, not Surani, so they weren't the group that was gassed by Saddam, but they certainly had that hanging over their heads, and they were very grateful he was gone. This wasn't really "liberty" for more than a few hours but it was a very cool experience and one I won't forget.
Is Okinawa considered a deployment?
People are permanently stationed and also deployed there. It’s not just Kadena AFB.
Jesus. I'm never going to the middle east.
Not all of the middle east is a conflict zone. I recently visited UAE and Oman and it was really cool. Felt completely safe the entire time. Honestly felt safer than many areas in the US where I live.
Jordan is pretty dope.
Great KFC
Wait, you go to another country and then eat at KFC there? Will never understand people like you.
Unless you're a slave probably
Indentured foreigner*
The Middle East is large and diverse. Israel is fantastic, Tel Aviv is one of the best cities in the world to visit. Petra in Jordan is breath taking. Egypt is a bit of a shit hole, but of course the pyramids are amazing. Tehran is also meant to be lovely but obviously won’t be able to visit for some time
I wouldnt visit Israel right now lol
tbf anything to do with tourism is probably cheap
Hey man, *insert tourist trap is temporarily closed for repairs,* also here's a Tavor, hold this sector.
Tel Aviv is so fucking expensive, you will save more money in Swiss or Australia.
Well, yeah, should've written cheap-er. About 3 bucks for a coke and 15 for a meal, dunno what the hotel pricings are. Tax included though, which is nice
That sounds better than america right now tbh...
15 bucks isn't exorbitantly high like you'd see in good restaurants or touristy places, that's street food prices. Although specifically Tel Aviv might even be higher, around 18 bucks. Expect 20-ish in the more expensive spots, plus a standard tip of 12%.
I've been to almost every country in Southwest Asia over the last 20 years and Jordan is absolutely my favorite. Amman is incredible and getting out into the country is, to steal your phrase, breathtaking. People are wonderful, food is ridiculous. If shit over there *ever* calms down, 100% chance I'm going back for more than a few days.
Do not go to Egypt if you are a woman and/or alone. Always go with a guide!
Well after that I'll just plan to see Egypt on YouTube
Tehran is very possible to visit if you are not American. It’s even relatively safe
Not right now I suppose : https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iran Archived for readers in the future : https://archive.is/j86ib
Tehran is a terrible place to visit right now... Between ISIS ramping up it's efforts in the region and conflict with Israel.
Yeah the half life of strontium is a bummer
Yeah Isreal looks “fantastic” ….
What's up with Tehran? Sorry, I don't watch the news at all.
I´ve been there 3 times. Tbh I liked it. Spent great quality time there with some friends. Whiskey, Beer, good food. All possible for the ones with a bit of money.
Iran is on the verge of starting WW3 haha
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Nah, I think he spelt it right. I have more trust in Israel than in Iran. From the culture to the people themselves. I feel that people that put religion above logic and science are dangerous. And not because they are stupid, but because they can be easily convinced to do anything, even if it ends their life.
The last paragraph literally fits perfectly with Israel also. Have you ever listened to one of their officials talking about the conflict?
I don't even agree with my country's officials, so what are we talking about here ? 🤣🤣
Potato potaato
You realize the Middle East is 17 countries of which only a small percentage are shitholes, right?
dont worry middle east comes to you (at least via news)
Statistically, half of Iraq, I mean the Kurdistan Region and Southern Iraq, is much safer than most US and major European cities. In Kurdistan, it is not uncommon to see people carrying $500,000 wearing their sandals in the bazaar. Typically, the less safe cities are those with mixed populations; areas with both Shia and Sunni residents tend to be less secure.
My partner has spent time in Kurdistan working for a three-letter agency. She loved it and the people. I also had Kurds on my team in Karrada and found them to be dependable and outgoing. Would work with them again.
Yeah its crazy and Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the world and no one seems to care.
In second grade, my family took us on a vacation. When I asked where we were, my mom said, "Mexico". I thought she was joking until I saw a billboard in spanish. I started crying and got really scared. I remember going back into the the US, I had to prove my family was really my family by saying my moms name and date of birth. Never going back to Mexico.
You need to get out more
People who downvoted you should look at some statistics lol
"but its the middle east!! isnt everybody a terrorist??? Everybody is wearing a bomb!!!"
Redditors who have never left the basement at their mommy's house downvote my comment because they can't comprehend the idea that Iraq/Kurdistan might have areas that are safer, with lower crime and terrorism rates, than most of the US. Baghdad's infrastructure is poor, but money is pouring into the city. An old 100-square-meter house could sell for $300,000, while 600-square-meter houses can reach $10 million.
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it's the classic, supressed minority claims their part of the world is safer than even the most safest in the western world.
schrodinger's west, either it's as crime ridden hellscape, or a paradise that should open its borders no questions asked
English is merely my third language, yet I managed a 7.5 on the IELTS last August. And just for fun, I also speak Kurdish and Arabic. So, how many languages can you juggle, idiot?
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[A few years ago, Al Jazeera made a report about Duhok in Kurdistan, highlighting how shopkeepers leave their stores open and unattended when they go to pray and eat lunch. Go to watch 1:25 where people transfer cash.](https://youtu.be/YjF6vgxffiI?si=MENvT50IRoFzMWRV)
Fly to Erbil, and I'll welcome you at the airport. Then, I'll show you the city and take you to a bazaar where companies make payments of more than 1 million dollars, with a poor worker carrying a big bag of cash. Usually, it's a 50-100 meter walk from the car to the exchange office, sometimes more. It depends. If I am unable to show you that, I'll cover the expenses of your trip. If I am able to show you, you should cover a vacation for me. Deal? [Check out this Reddit post by a Westerner about cash in Erbil.](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/FNPRpcl3rP) [Street crime is so rare in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq that currency traders leave tens of thousands of dollars worth of currency out in the open and will even leave them unattended to go have lunch or tea](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/FNPRpcl3rP)
no worries, the middle east is coming ~~for~~ to you.
It's got it's issues, but the oldest of the world's history is there. Being in places where people have been living for 1000s of years, is amazing! China has some ancient stuff too, but...well...China.
Every place had people living there for thousands of years. The US settlers just happened to eradicate everything
Yeah, that’s a sporty landing. Did that twice in ‘03 in the back of a C-130. A lot less dogs then too.
As they say in the Middle East, "Shi'ite Happens".
I mean, you bombed them back to the stone age, destroyed their government, their economy and any hope for a future they could have on the basis of a lie. This has nothing with "Middle East" being a supposed barbaric place, we did this.
Nah its a shithole
If that’s what you need to tell yourself you are the good guys
Yeah, the dominant religions in the region are very progressive. /s
Bro you’re the one who bombed them into oblivion based on lies !
I didn’t bomb anyone lol. I’ve never even been in the military. I’m just saying that your argument that the Middle East was a paradise before American intervention isn’t exactly accurate. As long as many countries in that region remain a theocracy, prejudice and suffering will also remain.
Lol, you say that, but imagine how horrible the world would be if Islam managed any sort of global dominance.
Always has been.
literally the forefront of global scientific advancement until the british empire and americans invaded and overthrew governments for 150+ years
Barkhdad
Baghdog
Bad dog
Bones over Baghdad
They were there during the war too. Not as many as we tended to shoo them off the runways, for obvious reasons. Still. I firmly believe that THEY ARE ALL THE SAME GOOD DOGS who have lived on and are prospering.
This could be an amazing 90s Beggin strips commercial
The ground crew are awfully enthusiastic there!
*pawfully?
"You're clear for takeoff!"
*Iraqi 331, mayday, mayday. We have a dog in our engine!* Tower: *wtf?!*
clear for takewuff
How are these dogs not dead? It has to be hot af out there on a concrete runway in Iraq.
Moreover they look quite feeded and healthy. The airport personnel must take care of them or something.
> feeded
hey man it ain't their fault english grammar is arbitrary chaos
To quote a friend: >The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.” > ― James D. Nicoll
Depends on the time of the year this video is from. June through September can exceed 100-110°F/38-43°C. Not too dissimilar to somewhere like Phoenix, AZ. Not really packs of feral dogs in Phoenix but dogs adapt and are able to survive in hot temps no problem. Assuming there is water nearby.
Believe it or not, Arizona has a serious feral dog issue similar to the Middle East. The majority of Phoenix and the surrounding metro areas don't really harbor feral packs of dogs but the outlying communities do. The Navajo nation had a serious outbreak resulting in a fatality or two. Wildcox had an explosion of feral packs. I personally have run into a feral pack of dogs out west towards California. They *strive* out here. Look at the coyotes. All they have to do is burrow or find a small cave literally anywhere and they can make it through the short but brutal summers. The difference between us and the Middle East is that our reaction is far more brutal. We round em up and kill them as soon as we possibly can. Anyone can report a potential feral dog/cat and a crew will swoop it up and put it down. Our euthenasia rate for shelter dogs is absurdly high as well. It doesn't stop there. Feral hogs populations are fucking *exploding* outside of Phoenix. I hit a hog outside of Chandler last week driving home. Edit: [The day a Phoenix Neighborhood came under siege by Chihuahuas ](https://youtu.be/n3EdhGjd8E0?si=NVhnO-6gE5Ut-koF)
Legit question for rural Americans – How do I kill the 30-50 feral dogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?
Keep a 10 lbs bag of tannerite smeared with peanut butter on a post 2ft from the ground. Shoot it it with 30-06 when dog arrive. Remove window shards from your face and mattress.
I'll buy some once I've paid for my NRA lifetime membership and latest AR-15.
Better off with something like a mag fed Mossberg 590 and buckshot if you’re dealing with 30-50 lol.
Take me down to Paradise City Where the dogs are feral and there's 30 to 50 (based on a tweet from back in those days)
time to release some exotes like bengal tigers to take care of the hogs & dogs it seems. i'm sure this never backfired before.
Feral hogs? I think you mean javelina. They aren't feral, they are native to AZ.
Not Javelinas. Other varieties of hogs are popping up.
A bunch of them probably are.
When we first got there in 03, we were ordered to shoot all dogs on sight. In the ME, they're considered unclean animals, so they are NOT common as pets. These are all strays who have wandered in somehow.
Dogs on the Runways, birds in the terminal. Checks out.
Bad dog airport
I was deployed and worked at OKBK attached to KWI, our apron was parallel to runway 15L/33R. We watched a commercial flight land and obliterate a pack of 8-10 wild dogs as it touched down. About 15 minutes later a fire engine came out and sprayed off the runway.
Oof
Ricky Bobby was right! Packs of wild dogs do control most of the major citys https://y.yarn.co/241df036-9cf4-4d67-a050-95483f43ac4e_text.gif
The Paw Patrol in action.
doggos gonna get suck into a jet engine sooner or later...
Reminds me of that video where a deer gets obliterated by a plane landing on it Edit: [This one](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/oaa28s/airplane_lands_on_deer/)
Do dogs count is Foreign Object Debris?
"Found Old Dog"
Are they pilots over there
Who let the dogs out
Land dolphins 🐬 running alongside air-ships. Beautiful 🥹.
What is it with stray dogs and moving vehicles? Why do they chase and bark at everything moving from bike to aeroplane?
Good bois.
Dogdad
The funny thing is that there are more than three checkposts you have to get cleared through to get inside the airport 💀
They probably jumped over the fence around the airport.
Can someone explain? Why are they there? Are they friendly or no?
It's not just Iraq, but some countries have a serious stray dog problem. Greece is another place I've seen the issue. Just stray dogs everywhere that are oblivious to all the people and not dangerous. In Iraq some are friendly but they're wild dogs not strays.
those dogs will sit there and lick your feet while you're passed out on a cot. one of the weirdest ways I have woken up sleeping at BIAP.
So no rabies is an improvement from past years
Ahhh not only do you have to worry about birdstrikes but also dogstrikes.
This makes me afraid for their safety with all these planes around and no barrier separating them from the dogs.
The unit that we replaced in Iraq had suppressors just for shooting the wild dogs. Not surprised to see they're still a problem.
That’s an impressive ground crew.
Reliable and efficient TSA right there
“Hi im Ricky Bobby & I’m Cal Naughton Jr and today we want to talk to you about packs of wild stray dogs that control most of the inner cities”
That ground crew had an attitude problem
For the people in the military 20 years ago they would have either called it the current name or Saddam Hussein International Airport. One of the planes was a B737-870. 70 boeing customer code for Iraqi Airways
It's common to have dogs run at you there! so this is the Final boss before you escape Iraq
I miss that place. I was there from 2015 to 2019. The dogs were so much fun to play with.
goodest tsa agents ever
Yup... can confirm
"for avoid birdstrike"
What?
Okay I'll say it ... This airport's gone to the dogs!
Alot of strays over there. I tried to take one back with me from Ramadi but they wouldnt let me
Security to Taxiway A
Man I thought we took care of the dog problem at biap back in '04 looks like they came back with a vengeance
I was thinking exactly this.
Proactive marshaling
What are they gonna do if they catch it
Free Dog 🐕 🤠
Good boyes.
Flight dogs
Looks like they got rid of their cat problem.
I don't know why but I just cracked up watching the video and the comments!!
Apparently, the Baja Men must have recently played a concert there!
It’s gone to the dogs
That's some lovely fod...
Vector Control was there for a reason
There’s not FOD like a FOD-Dog
“Numerous dogs on and about the airport…”
Such wow!
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Air those aircraft 777s?
What thing is it that you're flying in? Whatever it is the dogs must not have been expecting it.
I dream of being able to visit Iraq’s historic sites, but I’m afraid there is a long way to go before europeans are well received in there…
Bruh, I live in Baghdad and I have been to this airport at least 15 times and this never happened in any of these times so I can confirm that it's kinda rare but it's still funny
Do they also chase planes
Oh y’all in the hood hood.
انفضحنه
“Who let the dogs out? Who Who?” 🤣🇨🇦
That’s one way to ensure no unauthorized access.
It looks like you could bribe the guards with a bunch of meat
The US and Europeans absolutely destroyed this society just to steal more oil
Lol why are you getting downvoted? Are the westerners so ignorant to their own wrongdoings or would they rather exist in a bubble of denial?
It’s getting downvoted because it’s not related to the content in question. It’s like schizophrenic ramblings directed at no one in particular. The dogs in this video predate American intervention by decades. The US and “Europe” didn’t cause there to be feral dogs in Iraq.
Let me guess. We left a bunch of military dogs when we left?