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I've been to the Ziggurat of Ur myself. My last Iraq rotation of 2009-2010 we were stationed literally right outside of it within maybe a mile of it. Just on the upper portions of your photo there we would have been. Interesting place, especially the top. I originally though the structure as it is now was all original, but that is incorrect. Saddam Hussein was renovating it when OIF happened and this is as far as he got. Although from my understanding, the top portion that looks like a heap rubble is original. Either way it's a fascinating place to see and visit.Btw, the ziggurat temple of Ur is still standing in southern Iraq.
During the Persian Gulf war, I was the first person to find Saddam Hussein hiding fighter jets around it. That was our first clue that Saddam was hiding fighter jets in non-targetable areas. My briefing board stayed on the Whitehouse.gov site for about a decade. The reason I found the hidden jets first was because I had a biblical interest in keeping an eye on it.
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