saying the general “lived in a palace” in Iraq “while my guys are out bleeding to death in the streets of Samarra.” His voice hardened as he recalled witnessing more senior commanders ...

They link us directly to medieval Iraq. In Baghdad itself hardly anything ... and Baghdad resumed its status as capital, leaving the palace at Samarra as a decaying ghost. The court lions were ...

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