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Posted: 5/9/2004 9:16:48 PM EDT
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within the first few pages of your passport it states a few countries that you, as a US citizen, can not visit.
im sure they have been added to the list in the last year. |
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Posted: 5/9/2004 9:18:34 PM EDT
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I know of some journalists who have done it "unilaterally", as they called it during the big shooting invasion. Mark Steyn wrote some columns about it. What he did was go to Jordan, then hired a driver in Baghdad.
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Posted: 5/9/2004 9:26:17 PM EDT
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I think Jordan is the only way in right now. Flights into Baghdad resume in July. I need some time off from work and was thinking about visiting some friends.
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Posted: 5/9/2004 9:31:54 PM EDT
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Oh, my friends are on our side.
 After RebelGray I felt the need. |
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Posted: 5/9/2004 9:53:03 PM EDT
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I didn't think you were going over to teach al-Qaeda to skydive. |
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Posted: 5/9/2004 10:54:26 PM EDT
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Oh, but he is. He's going to teach them how to do it without a parachute.  CW |
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Posted: 5/9/2004 11:00:22 PM EDT
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I'm hoping for the best but don't forget to put me in your will....just in case.
 Edit to add...Woo-Hoo post #6000!! 
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Posted: 5/10/2004 5:04:09 AM EDT
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lets do a team member road trip
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Posted: 5/10/2004 5:22:04 AM EDT
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There are at least two web sites/blogs of budget backpacker types who have gone there. You can get in overland from Turkey or Syria (or even Iran if you feel like dealing with them). There was also a British tour company who was doing tours of Babylon and other religious sites in central Iraq.
The big safety advice I read was travel with locals (local buses, trains, taxis) and don't stay in the same hotel for more than a few days. I'd probably grow a beard and dye my hair and wear local clothes too. GunLvr |
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Posted: 5/10/2004 5:24:41 AM EDT
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Aaaaaack. Return flights are 3,777.00. I think I'll go the beach. Shit thats a lot of money. I was thinkin in the 1200 range.
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Posted: 5/10/2004 5:32:27 AM EDT
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Let me see if I can rewrite your question to fit, ummm...reality...
Is it possible to go to Iraq as a Yeah- that should do it. 
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Posted: 5/10/2004 5:55:59 AM EDT
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I thought they loved Americans?
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Posted: 5/10/2004 5:57:46 AM EDT
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Sounds like a good idea to me
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Posted: 5/10/2004 6:03:43 AM EDT
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Sure, you just have to go to the CIS and make your way the the 'Stan via ground. My brother did it last year. He kept his travels limitedf to the norther areas. He has some very interesting stories, and he brought back a few of the meals we were dropping over there. |
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Posted: 5/10/2004 7:17:54 AM EDT
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I believe that you could if you decided to go in as a relief volunteer, I have heard of one or two organizations that do that.....however, seeing that you, as a private citizen, CANNOT carry a weapon...hmm....sounds like an adrenaline junky, to me!
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Posted: 5/10/2004 9:03:58 AM EDT
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I suppose I am an adrenaline junky but thats not why I want to go. I just figure if your gonna go somewhere it might as well have something worth seeing. There's lots of shit over there I'd like to see, thats all.
At $3,777.00 to Amman its a bit out of my league. $1,433.00 to Ankara is abit more doable but still a bit high and still a hike from there. I gotta check more dates and places. |
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Posted: 5/10/2004 9:12:07 AM EDT
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have fun let us know where the key to your gunsafe is
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Posted: 5/10/2004 12:26:33 PM EDT
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Why not travel with with DoD Travel, and you can go via their dedicated Tourist air carrier DoD Airlines…
You get free food, lodgings, and you get to go on lots of foot excurions and road trips to meet the people and see the sights.…… Andy |
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Posted: 5/10/2004 1:12:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2004 1:15:44 PM EDT
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Talk to a travel consolidator who specializes in Middle East travel. You can fly to China and Vietnam for around $1k so the middle east should not be any more. Also look into flying to Istambul and taking a train across Turkey.
GunLvr |
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Posted: 5/10/2004 1:31:24 PM EDT
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Why people insist upon going into dangerous areas of the world in direct defiance to the travel avisories by the state department is beyond me. Just because you are an American citizen doesn't make you immune from being kidnapped or killed in a war zone.
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Posted: 5/10/2004 1:55:25 PM EDT
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Pooby, IIRC, is a Canadian Citizen... |
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Posted: 5/10/2004 1:55:42 PM EDT
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But Captain Pooby is a CANADIAN! |
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Posted: 5/10/2004 2:51:05 PM EDT
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It was nice having you as a member of A15dotCOM.
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Posted: 5/10/2004 2:55:24 PM EDT
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Ok, well, then add me to the list of people to get stuff from his gun safe! |
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Posted: 5/10/2004 3:08:03 PM EDT
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Gee thanks for all the concern about my safety guys. To old for the service, I checked and yes I am a Canadian and I would like to make it to next summer so I can apply for citizenship. I'm only kickin the idea around and shit, I jump out of planes for a living and drive a car in Fl. I dont really consider the danger of Baghdad a really big deal compared to that. I had a near death experience last week. Its all relative. Besides, I know you cant take it with you so I have standing orders to be buried in my car with all my guns and the doors welded shut. Muahahahahahahahahahaha!  Seriously, I do. |
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Posted: 5/10/2004 5:30:49 PM EDT
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If a US passport were a license to carry a weapon in Iraq I would think about going, sounds like it could be fun to see some of the roots of civilization (if Hussein didnt already destroy them)
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Posted: 5/10/2004 6:15:38 PM EDT
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Sure just join the travel club
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