Monday, day-off in Baghdad, central and southern Iraq due to high temperatures

Monday, day-off in Baghdad, central and southern Iraq due to high temperatures 8/1/2011 9:46 AM BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s Council of Ministers has announced today (Monday) as an official day-off in central and southern Iraq, including Baghdad, due to the high temperatures that hit the country over the past few days, the Council’s Secretariat-General has announced on Monday. “The Council of Ministers has announced today, Monday, as an official holiday in central and southern Iraq, due

By k98nights, August 1, 2011
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I was over there in 1970 for just over a year, not far from Dubai. We had to work inside the fuselage of military aircraft that had been on the apron all day. It would have been nice to get in a sauna to cool down. All for the princely equivalent of about $20 a week. Its what you sign up for.