Hey Wes...I know your neighborhood, including Super Mosque, very well
The parking lot your standing in is also very familiar to me but in the early days of the conflict the only Subway and Burger King we had was at BIAP. I was part of (then) Prime Minister Alawis Security and I lived in the ICC/Al Rasheed. Ive also got a pic of me at falcon in almost the same spot you are standing in only facing the opposite direction. We controlled all the major checkpoints in to the Green Zone. Right after we left it sounds like the ICC and Al Rasheed were turned over to Iraqis (and Georgians) and teh boundaries of the GZ were pulled back. We used to get mortared daily. 24 hours after we cleared out of our QRF 'shack' (Saddams old helipad) two Kitusa rockets took it out. Timing is everything.
Anyway, shukran habibi, and come home safe...Ive decided I like it better here in teh world...lol
