We make the Austin [TX] Statesman

Money quote from The Austin Statesman:

Camp Victory's Odd Allure

Former hunting resort is now U.S. military hub near Baghdad.

[ . . . ]

The nerve center of the base is the magnificent Al Faw Palace , a former vacation retreat of Saddam Hussein's next to another artificial lake. It's now home to American generals and officers running day to day operations in Iraq, but it still guards its share of mystery. "There's a lot of myths and urban legends that work their way into the story," said Lt. Col. Les' Melnyk, the Army's historian at Camp Victory, who gives regular tours of the palace.

Rumor has it that the place used to be a brothel or torture chamber, had a basement full of gold bars at the time of the invasion of Baghdad and that the fish in the lake eat ducklings (and perhaps small children).

[ . . . ]

Comment: Sorry, but we would never consider eating small children.

Iraq Victory Base VBC feeding rat to carp

Yummy!

Al-Faw Fish

Thanks for the Pizza. Yummy!

Mike Swick Visits The Fish!

At 4:40:



Thank you, Mike Swick, for the goodies!

Ooops! Fishing in Iraq

The Big Fish - from 2007

We hope our buddy was returned to the lake.

Killer Mutated Carp

Al Faw Palace - Large Carp

Our Friends at Lost Lake

Saddam Hussein's Fish

Al-Faw Palace, Camp Victory, Iraq

Fish Haiku #24

Feeding the Fish now?

thefishatalfawpalace

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Swimming Fish on Nartube

NarTube - Watch Video
[possible duplicate, but still good]

Crazy Carp at Al-Faw Palace

Fish Haiku #23

Send something homemade

To your buddies still downrange

Don't forget the Fish!

View from 2005

Hat tip to Heather N Guy.

Photo title: Camp Victory, Iraq - August 2005

Fish feeding at Al Faw palace

A quiet day at Al-Faw Palace

Fish Haiku #22

Southern ice and snow

Penguins, seals and whales eat krill

Lonesome without Fish

--Switzerland

AmericaBlog pet photos

Yes, we Fish at Al-Faw Palace are in AmericaBlog's pet photos. We're in the lower right-hand part, fourth column from the right, seventh row from the bottom (counting on the right side). Our pic illustrates Fish Haiku #3.

We're quite certain we're the only Fish there. Definitely the only feral [for legal reasons relating to General Order No. 1, we refuse to accept classification as "wild"] fish considered, though not "kept" [for similar legal reasons], as pets by AmericaBlog readers. For additional explanation, please see Fish Haiku #5.

Thanks to AmericaBlog for the Free! publicity.

Sincerely,

The Fish at Al-Faw Palace
Camp Victory, Victory Base Complex [VBC]
Baghdad, Iraq