Nature Against Occupation
Written by Haitham Sabbah on 29. April 2005, 1450hrs // Part of Haitham Sabbah's adventure in Iraq, Photos // Other posts by Haitham Sabbah
The US-led occupation forces in Iraq face violent attacks and suicide bombings, but nature has its hazards as well - like this dramatic desert sandstorm.
The storm hit on Tuesday, at the former Iraqi airbase at al-Asad, about 180 km (110 miles) west of Baghdad, now home to a US marine corps unit.
The sandstorm approaching at around 60 mph (95 km/h) engulfed people, buildings and equipment. The sky turned orange as the storm approached, until total darkness blanketed the ground.
Experts say such storms are extremely rare in Iraq, and can spring up almost without warning. Pictures taken by Gunnery Sergeant Shannon Aldredge, US marine corps photographer. [source: BBC]
Update: Hope they didn’t awaken “The Mummies”! After all who knows. Maybe they did 
Following photos are from the some scenery of “The Mummy” movie:
Any match?
Well, don’t you just wish that that mouth appeared on the photos of Iraq sandstorm and swallowed the occupation forces 
Do you like - Nature Against Occupation - 
Article Tags>> 
April 29th, 2005 at 7:08 pm
This reminds of “The Day After Tomorrow” Movie …
April 29th, 2005 at 8:50 pm
A wise friend pointed out to me, that God has protected America from many many things since her beginnings. God in his/her frustration has removed that protection from America. Doubts, read the news, even MSM does not miss what bad things, are happening to America. To those that can connect the dots, or connect with the universal truth, our future looks quite dark. The time to take action is now, or for America to slip further down the Highway to Hell. EtJ
April 29th, 2005 at 8:59 pm
no words to say!!! allah ye7mehom ahel el3eraq…
April 29th, 2005 at 10:24 pm
OceanCreep, actually it reminds me of nearly same sandstorm scenery of “The Mummy” movie… if you’ve seen that!
See photos update above.
May 2nd, 2005 at 12:42 am
So what does it mean when Arabs living in the Middle East are afflicted by sandstorms for thousands of years?
May 2nd, 2005 at 11:25 am
Nothing. We got used to it!
May 2nd, 2005 at 3:21 pm
But if the sandstorm is nature acting against the American forces, how do you explain the sandstorms that occured even before there was an America?
Seems to me that if nature is sentient and expresses its opinion through sandstorms that nature really dislikes Arabs.
May 2nd, 2005 at 6:31 pm
Sarcastic…. May be!
March 16th, 2006 at 9:52 pm
[...] es) west of Baghdad, now home to a US marine corps unit. And here’s the money shot:CWCID: Sabbah, who takes the point of view that nature is resisting the American occ [...]