Prayers for our soldiers and their families, even as one remains highly skeptical of the politicians. MG+

Nassiriya, built in a farming region, was the site of a 1915 battle in World War One when British forces took 500 casualties in seizing the town from the Ottoman Turks. About 500 defenders died in the battle. NY Times
Sumerian...Babylonian...Assyrian...Persian...Greco....
Roman Empire...Ottoman Empire...British Empire...American Empire...