The Garden of Eden was in Iraq. The two identifiable rivers from Genesis are the Tigris and the Euphrates the "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon, which was a city in Iraq! Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. The second nation is Iraq! However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq means country with deep roots. Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible. I never knew my bible like I should, all that time I spent there. Its never to late to learn about how Iraq effected the bible and the history of this country that we all read or see about on TV.
The cities I grew to have known are Mosul, Kirkuk, Tikrit, Ar Ramadi, and Basra and of course Al Falluja. These cities that are in Iraq became part of my life and a place I called my second home. I’ve grown to love this country as if I was born there. I made good friends and I’ve met a lot of people that just didn’t care about not having any friends. For some, it was each man or woman for themselves. Saddam will never know what his country could have become. His Palaces are so beautiful.
This country that’s a part of the Bible and now I’ve made it a part of my book. I was station at Baghdad for a year and a half. Al Taqaddum was becoming a memory instead of a reality, some people left on planes while others stayed behind helping with the closing of the camp at that time they were still letting us fly out. By the time I was leaving they were not allowing any planes to land. We had to convoy from camp Al Taqaddum to camp Al Asad which took about six hours. The Marines was right there it was mind bottling to see things like this it made me really proud to say I’m American and I love my country. Leaving my home (Al Taqaddum) and being moved, it was like being back at home, and crying because I have good memories there.
By the time we got to Al Asad my mind was discombobulated because everything was out of place. The Marines really showed their strength, you will forever be in my thoughts........Oorah. Being in Iraq made the bible seem so real, there was so much hate in these people's eyes. Being in the holy land, where they couldn’t even get along was something so weird but yet so real. I wanted to go home Al Taqaddum wasn't just a place of employment it became my home away from home, being uprooted and feeling so out of place, and not knowing anyone at my new location. All of this made me want to go home to my family. Now that they've placed me from my home and my TQ family.
I took all of this as a learning experience. The non-Americans didn’t want to get along with none of the Americans unless you had a bigger position. I didn’t care I knew where I was from, and I was proud to say I’m an American and I treated my citizenship like it’s a pot of gold. I started feeling really good about this new location, It took me a while; I started having little friends but still a loner. It became more and more at ease. For those of you who are following my Blog
TQ It a short military slang word for Al Taqaddum is an airbase that is located in central Iraq, approximately 74 kilometers west of Baghdad at Habbaniyah. The airfield is served by two runways 13,000 and 12,000 feet (3,700 m) long. Since 2004, it has been known as Camp Taqaddum. ("Taqaddum" is an Arabic word which means "progress".) Wow, I miss my second home...For those of you who don't understand you have to have been there. The country itself was beautiful. Our Bible is not a myth.
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