VP, VP V; Khuzestan Land of Date and Tulips
After a 10 hour ride in the bus I made it to Khuzestan against the advise of my parents and family members who served here during the war, the word of mouth (in absence of free press there are alot of mouths at work, some obviously rubbish, some definetly true but most of them somewhere in between exageration of events and sinical anti-systemic outbursts) has it that this land is lawless, the Arab minority is out to get the Fars majority, so they chase them out, and you can weapons at cheap prices for example an AK for $20 (According to Kerry the price in U.S. is $50).
None the less most of the thngs I heard turnned out to be false, and I came to see thing that I only heard once or twice. For Example, the Iranians who used to live in Iraq (because of the Shia Shrine and were forced out by Saddam after the America's first Perisan Gulf War, perhaps the most friendly people. The area seems to be liberal (Of course by Iranian Standards) place even compare to Shiraz, quite comparable to the north except that the people are not crooks like the people in Sari.
Khoramshar is my primary desdination, everyone knows what happend in Khoramshahr, it was the focal point of the surprise attack of the Iraqi Army. The local population resisted the Soviet equipped Iraqi Army with Molotof Cocktails and hunting rifles but they were pushed back to the Bridge over Karron (the picture above is taken from Khoramshahr side of Karoon looking to the Iseland of Abadan)
The Iraqi Graffiti: these two words are taken from Saddam Husseins declaration of war and it meaning it "Came to Stay"
The road from Ahvaz (provencial Capital) to Khoramshahr was the seen of the to major operation the first one Securing of the Beit-ol-moghadas (holy house refrence to Temple of Rocks) and teh second one was recapturing of Khoramshahr (Fathol-mobin)
TEh Operation Fathol-Mobin (exact meaning: undeniable victory) pushed back the Iraqi Army from the city.
18 years after the end of the war the scares of it are testiments to the heavy price that these people have made before and how they are neglected now.
None the less most of the thngs I heard turnned out to be false, and I came to see thing that I only heard once or twice. For Example, the Iranians who used to live in Iraq (because of the Shia Shrine and were forced out by Saddam after the America's first Perisan Gulf War, perhaps the most friendly people. The area seems to be liberal (Of course by Iranian Standards) place even compare to Shiraz, quite comparable to the north except that the people are not crooks like the people in Sari.
Khoramshar is my primary desdination, everyone knows what happend in Khoramshahr, it was the focal point of the surprise attack of the Iraqi Army. The local population resisted the Soviet equipped Iraqi Army with Molotof Cocktails and hunting rifles but they were pushed back to the Bridge over Karron (the picture above is taken from Khoramshahr side of Karoon looking to the Iseland of Abadan)
The Iraqi Graffiti: these two words are taken from Saddam Husseins declaration of war and it meaning it "Came to Stay"
The road from Ahvaz (provencial Capital) to Khoramshahr was the seen of the to major operation the first one Securing of the Beit-ol-moghadas (holy house refrence to Temple of Rocks) and teh second one was recapturing of Khoramshahr (Fathol-mobin)
TEh Operation Fathol-Mobin (exact meaning: undeniable victory) pushed back the Iraqi Army from the city.
18 years after the end of the war the scares of it are testiments to the heavy price that these people have made before and how they are neglected now.
posted by The Hopeful Cynic at 2:43 PM
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