September 10, 2003
IRAQ IS SO DICTATOR-FREE THIS TIME OF YEAR
Where France and Germany fear to tread:
Next month a group of intrepid British holidaymakers will embark on the first postwar tour of Iraq. Ignoring Foreign Office advice, and unable to find insurance cover, the five travellers, including a 70-year-old woman, will leave for Baghdad for what will be a holiday from hell or a once-in-a-lifetime adventure to the cradle of civilisation.
Old women: going in. NGOs: running away.
Posted by Tim Blair at September 10, 2003 04:11 PMNGOs have run away! Have run away, away.
When danger reared its ugly head they bravely turned their tails and fled, O Brave NGOs!
And, I may add, there was much rejoicing.
Posted by: Katherine at September 10, 2003 at 04:45 PMSo long as they are traders thus as Empire I was founded so the British EmpireII.
Rule Britannia - minus the commies currently in government.
British holidaymakers?
I didn't realise there was a Baghdad Butlins.
Posted by: ilibcc at September 10, 2003 at 05:37 PMIf they are all old women, and they dress up in burkas, they'll be ok.
Posted by: bai at September 10, 2003 at 05:47 PMMarketing loglines:
Need a budget holiday? Iraq's your bag, dad!
See Najaf and die
Join Uncle Sam's WMD treasure hunt.
SAVE with our FREE biochem suits!
Actually I'd love to see the sights there as well. Its where it all started after all.
Ironically, a white seventy year old women is in less danger in Baghdad than she would be vacationing in Paris.
Posted by: monkeyboy at September 10, 2003 at 10:50 PMYou'll want to consult the Hobo Traveller, who is finishing up a tour of Iraq and evaluating the situation for "hobos" and travellers. Last time I checked, he described it as an "adventure country", by which he meant that it wasn't precisely safe, but not horribly dangerous. About equivalent to Colombia, I believe he said.
Posted by: Mitch H. at September 11, 2003 at 12:59 AM