Iraq Facts

Donkeys are commonly used by the Iraqi Rebels to launch rockets!

In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city in recognition of his donations to local Chaldean Christian churches.

A natural gas vent in Iraq known as Baba Gurgur (The Eternal Fire) has been burning continuously for at least 2,500 years. Ancient writers including Plutarch described eternal flames in the region, and local tradition connects it to the 'fiery furnace' from the Book of Daniel.