[Harvey Specter]

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/etling/pic-show-hdr-11-17-09-2.jpg

In the Spring of 2009, the photographer Richard Mosse traveled to Iraq, where he captured arresting images of U.S. soldiers working and living in what used to be palaces of Saddam Hussein. These visions of western soldiers at rest in imperial palaces are both intensely jarring and oddly playful, and they underscore the seemingly ineffable experience of downtime during a military occupation. The transformation of an imperial palace into a site of temporary housing also speaks to the notion that our histories are constantly being rewritten—architecturally, sociologically, globally, and locally.

What follows is a selection from Richard Mosse's "Breach."

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2122/3546596268_35a4c70411_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3545789669_d66bccafa2_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2351/3546595432_3f0c1359b0_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3632/3546595570_357f7313a2_o.jpg

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/amrit/Breach_4.jpg

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/amrit/Breach_10.jpg

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/amrit/Breach_5.jpg

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/amrit/Breach_8.jpg

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/amrit/Breach_2.jpg

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/amrit/Breach_7.jpg

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/amrit/Breach_11.jpg

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/amrit/Breach_14.jpg

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/amrit/Breach_6.jpg

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/amrit/Breach_13.jpg

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/amrit/Breach_16.jpg

http://user.cloudfront.goodinc.com/community/amrit/Breach_1.jpg

To learn more about this fantastic series, we recommend reading Mosse's interview with BLDGBLOG (http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/saddams-palaces-interview-with-richard.html) from earlier this year.
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[hal0g0dv2]

nice place

[Razor Ramon HG]

I see an XBOX 360. Fucking rights.

[anl27]

so where are the weapons of mass destruction?

[StylinRed]

didn't they turn some of them into Hotels for Iraqis and i think those places still have portraits of Saddam up

[dachinesedude]

i swear there has to be hidden chambers in there somewhere, gotta find that button

[Gumby]

Thanks for highlighting something I don't think I'll ever get a chance to visit.

[Harvey Specter]

I wonder what happen to all of Saddam's loot and if most of it is still hidden somewhere in Iraq or even outside of the country.

[emmvee]

damn so bawlling

[EmperorIS]

MTV CRIB

[spoon.ek9]

dayaaam, saddam was baller

[JSALES]

damn

[TRD Rs200]

wow...

[bigassbooger]

LOl at the 2nd picture
The guy is probably trying to find some loot

[Edison_Chen]

It feels so un-like a home...

[The_AK]

nice place

was going to say the same thing,
the last picture, looks like an awesome view

[AVS_Racing]

so did they find the yellow cake yet? THE NIGGA GOT YELLOW CAKE hahahaah

[BMW135i]

That palace is HUGE.

[TOPEC]

I see an XBOX 360. Fucking rights.

lol thats the first thing that caught my eye too in that pic

[threezero]

the first thing that caught my eyes is the hookah, not that its out of place just that i would expect saddam's palace to have some balllin out of control mega hookahs

[dimsum119]

so where are the weapons of mass destruction?

lol my thoughts exactly. They still havent found any right? USA was after their oil all along!

[Vansterdam]

:bowrofl: xbox 360 ftw

[shenmecar]

god damn.

[q0192837465]

i wonder wut Bin Laden's palace is like

[Sid Vicious]

i wonder wut Bin Laden's palace is like

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/wp-content/photos/afghnatour032.jpg

[twitchyzero]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3545789669_d66bccafa2_o.jpg

http://extra.volkskrant.nl/oog/OogWeb/20031215-saddam-hole.jpg
what an upgrade

I forgot they already executed him back in '06

[StealthFighter]

i wonder wut Bin Laden's palace is like

a dirty cave?

what happens when the xbox gets the RROD? do they use it as target practice?

[Qmx323]

a dirty cave?

what happens when the xbox gets the RROD? do they use it as target practice?


they sell it to some iraqi kid

[you!]

holy shit that pool must be full of chicks all the time..hopefully they were hot too

[achiam]

so where are the weapons of mass destruction?

Actually the reason why the West assumed there were weapons of mass destruction (bio/chem warfare) was because at some point, there were some in Saddam's possession. Why, you may ask? Because the CIA GAVE chemical weapons to Saddam when they were fighting Iran. Saddam then used the CIA chemical weapons to squash the Kurdish rebels in the North (Saddam and most people in the middle of Iraq were Sunni, and wanted to consolidate all power).

Strange what you read vs hear/see on CNN etc.

[twitchyzero]

Actually the reason why the West assumed there were weapons of mass destruction (bio/chem warfare) was because at some point, there were some in Saddam's possession. Why, you may ask? Because the CIA GAVE chemical weapons to Saddam when they were fighting Iran. Saddam then used the CIA chemical weapons to squash the Kurdish rebels in the North (Saddam and most people in the middle of Iraq were Sunni, and wanted to consolidate all power).

Strange what you read vs hear/see on CNN etc.
+1 ^this
funny how in 20 years allies can turn on each other when there's an unbalance in power..history sure repeats itself.

[Greenstoner]

mansion !!

[AznK]

I'm pretty sure the Xbox is for the soldiers.. along with the american flags.

[Jsunu]

+1 ^this
funny how in 20 years allies can turn on each other when there's an unbalance in power..history sure repeats itself.

yup yup, look at bin laden and the weapons we gave the taliban vs the soviets.... we all know now what happened after that.