After three days in Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, it is finally time to leave for Baghdad. It is 5:45 in the morning and I am sitting in a large hanger waiting for news on the flight. I sneak off now and then to shoot a bit more of the latrine graffiti, as people found it suspicious when I would just stand in the bathroom with my cameras out waiting for stalls to open up.
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Finally it is confirmed that we are leaving and after three more hours of waiting and formalities, we are shuttled out to a landing zone and herded onto a large military airplane.
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We are herded on like cattle and cramped into hanging mesh seats. There is no air-conditioning and the thermometer on my watch reads 121F (49.4C). I look at the faces of the people on the plane with me as the last remaining light is cut off by the closing doors.
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After a little over an hour, we arrive at Baghdad International Airport, known here is BIAP. Although the actual airport can be seen in the distance, the military flights land on the opposite end of the complex and drop us off near a series of hangers where incoming troops are processed and transferred to other locations. I will end up stuck in the hanger for the next half day, waiting for a helicopter to the Green Zone.
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