central bank is coated in bright red candy cane stripes

[Ana]

Bizarre!!!

• central bank is coated in bright red candy cane stripes
  
  Multicolored fluorescent lights cover from one of the city’s bridges, creating a Hawaiian luau effect. Blast walls and security checkpoints stick out because they are often painted in hot pink.
  
  
  Baghdad has weathered invasion, occupation, sectarian warfare and suicide bombers. But the latest scourge, tastelessness, may prove the toughest to overcome.
  
  
  http://www.nytimes.c....emc=rss&src=ig

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Edited May 16, 2011 by Ana

[BanG]

LMAO! Priceless! Do not forget the Blast walls around it either.......lol.

[gregp]

And the evil villain hiding behind them!

[smee2]

Definitely "interesting" ... they are trying for the western way of life and really missing the point, taste-wise.Thanks for sharing!

smee2

[rcarter]

I'd perfer RED WHITEand BLUE...........and alot of GREEN....!!!

[txsrooster]

This is a line I don't get...maybe just poor chosen words..

"Until then, Mr. Sabti said, Baghdad will just have to scuff its way through one of the ugliest periods in its history. “There is no worse era than this time,” he said."

[pleasantvalleySunday]

I'd be happy to offer my design skills --- after I am RICH!! lol

[quadraph0nic]

wow these were educated iraqis talking about other iraqis.

It helps put things into perspective.

[Tr2]

I'd be happy to offer my design skills --- after I am RICH!! lol

Cool pic..thanx

The yellow looks more like gold to me...and if you turn the pic upside down it says RV June 2011.