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Amazon Anne’s Substack · Apr 20, 2026

Baghdad Anne - Part 5A

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Behind the pool

Pool tables

Bird in a cage

More parakeets

The “Boardwalk” along the DFAC (Dining Facility)

Entrance to the Chancery (main Embassy)

A rose I saw at Christmas time

Signs outside of the entrance to the DFAC. “Clear your Weapon”

Duck and Cover bunker. This is where you would hide during a “duck and cover” if you were outside. Duck and Cover drills happened when there was incoming fire.

Embassy Row; the view walking down the “street” in front of the Embassy

“FEM Alley” This shows the sandbags placed up against the containers that were our living quarters - a/k/a “hootches.”

We had our own Fire and Rescue Squad

I titled this “Hope Springs Eternal.”

A Hummer

The entrance to Liberty Pool.

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