So we are now in the area where Saddam Hussein uh, got captured That's why some of these mountains here is natural and some of it are craters from explosions Jassan, Iraq Season 8 - Eps. 28 Oh, it was a hard one this morning Good morning Internet by the way It is 8:15 in the morning and welcome back to the channel Welcome here in Iraq I stayed last night with Mohammed and his mom And uh. .
now we're going to go for a breakfast We're going to go get some some kebab now And then we're going to see if we can visit some uh. . archaeological site that's around here which is not so known.
I don't think it's a tourist attraction but Mohammed knows where it is Oh, I'm boiling hot already and the day has just begun Kicking the bike in the morning will do that for you All right Okay, let's go Hello - Hello Where? - Holland Huh? - Holland Holland Yeah How are you?
Thank god, how are you Hello Little bit of Arabic Little bit Arabic? Okay Thank you Kebab Early morning kebab making Here we go Making the kebab first And then it is put over the fire There we go breakfast is served Good morning So this area around Jassan is more than 3,000 years old In the late 80's every Jassan family had a piece of land granted by the Iraqi state But then after 2003 with the American invasion they gradually moved into the new neighborhoods Hey friends I'm now walking on the Jassan Heritage Hill that previously had a wall And three gates and it was said to repel attacks from Persia And the city of Jassan has brought out a lot of scientific cultural and literary value And exported it to the capital of Baghdad Come - Okay okay We're now on the rooftop Very steep stairs Oh! Beautiful A good horse Beautiful It's a real Arab horse - Come on Come on, come on Come on, come on.
- Me? - Let's go Good Okay Bye I think we're now in like the. .
the gardens of town Where they grow all the palms and maybe also some vegetables, I don't know Okay Goodbye Hello Noraly? Yeah! Holland - Yeah Good?
Little bit of Arabic Good morning What's your name? - Noraly Nice to meet you Where do you live? Sorry?
Where do you live? I'm from Holland They took and kept my passport My passport is in this car Bye So while I thought at first they let us through, they actually escorted us to the police station Where I was interrogated for a little bit. Spoke to several high ranking police officers And eventually, they noted down all my details and we were good to go Okay We just went to the police station And uh.
. Huh? You have your passport?
I have my passport, yeah Hello Thank you Woo Wow Iran Yeah, awesome Iraq Oh, that's Iran? That's Iran That's Iran, yeah So we are now in the area where Saddam Hussein uh, got captured That's why some of these mountains here is natural and some of it are craters from explosions 'Cause we're now very close to the border with Iran so the mountains in the background is Iran And obviously we are here on the Iraq side And this is where um. .
. Saddam Hussein came to hide But they found him See so those mountains is Iran So we are already right at the border Please Mohammed, help me help me I got it, I got it Okay I didn't understand correctly the first time, that was not where they caught Saddam Hussein But the Americans came here. .
when he was hiding in this area And then when the Americans came to look for Saddam he fled to Baghdad But he was here and this is also where Saddam Hussein's army was fighting with Iran So there are hideouts everywhere in these mountains Hi It's okay It's okay Ah, this one is so small Today - Today Oh, it's just one day old Today born So this man lost both of his hands in the war because of an explosion But that doesn't stop him to ride a motorbike Good! Good! Goodbye We just had the best meal My goodness That food was so good Yeah I stay one night, one more night here And then in the next video.
. tomorrow. I'm going to try to make to Baghdad Okay, we are entering another very old town, I think Let's go - Okay We are, just in a distance is the mountains where we just came from And this is an archaeological site so it used to be an old town here So thousands of years ago people were already living here and now it is abandoned There's a small town right next to it, but I'm now basically standing on the remains of an old village But yeah thousands of years ago there were already people living here There were animals it was quite a big place actually, what a stunning location, right?
And then in the distance are the mountains where we just came from Thank you Let's go! They are all coming She is from the Netherlands? !
Goodbye Goodbye Mohammed also has such a crazy mask Okay Oh, why does he?
