I Found Saddam Hussein’s Abandoned Palace (Iraq)
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After wandering around Baghdad for a few days, the real Iraqi adventure has just began... My buddy Alvaro and I road tripped to the outskirts of Babylon - the world's first city dating back to 19th Century BC -- and we stumbled upon a MASSIVE palace that overlooks the ancient ruins.
We parked our car, and wandered inside. It was Saddam Hussein's former palace, which is now totally abandoned. It was so scary to knock down doors and crawl through shattered glass and broken bottles, but it was an experience I'll never forget. You have to see it to believe it!
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I love seeing how much you’ve grown from country to country. Now every country is like a BBC documentary.
Honestly!
Hello Mr Chocolate rain, did you know some stay dry and others feel the pain
Iraq has deep history Thousands of years old civilisation destroyed in war hundreds of years old libraries demolished shrines , tombs destroyed god bless iraq 🇮🇶
Thank you 😊💓
@@AChannelFrom2006 chocolate rain
It is so sad to see Iraq like this, many historical sights destroyed because of wars.
Not because of wars. Just say because of the western invasion.
@@princemuzison973 The Western invasion was only a part of it. Iraq was already suffering from sectarianism and Islamism, ethnic clashing and brutal dictatorship before the Western invasion. Saddam was a Pan-Arabist maniac who hated the Shias, the Assyrian Christians, the Kurds and Yazidis.
@@princemuzison973 are you one of those people who are like "America bad America did all bad stuff" lmao Iraq already had its own problems and wars not "western invasion"
@@emperorenvi8814 yea Iraq had its problems but none were as big before the US invasion. Admit it, your country fucked up and destroyed an entire countries history, people, economy, generation, etc. not to mention Afghanistan and Libya
@@mahmouddarwish9569 the western invasion was the biggest part. Islamism only came after the western invasion and would have fixed and United Iraq if the US left Iraq alone and stopped bombing us
I was there on a tour a month ago. Incredible place!
Nice 👍🏻
@@drewbinsky hey drew
@@drewbinsky hi
It’s so sad what the US has done to Iraq. Drew mentioned Saddam, but didn’t mention the US warcrimes that killed 1.5 million-3 million Iraqi civilians and displaced millions more to leave Iraq in the shape it is now.
Well,guess where he comes from!
@@DungNguyen-dk8wm Oyyy veyyyy.
Always the victims.
you deserve it though😂😂
@@dlku What ?
@@dlku USA literally went to invade the wrong country for 9/11 retaliation
Salam to the lovely people of Iraq from Egypt! 🇪🇬 🇮🇶❤️❤️
Drew is taking advantage of the recent Saddam memes apparently.
Where is his gaming room!!!!??
@@yoy8123 I think you go right down saddams main hallway then take a left
@@yoy8123 hidden behind the fan and air vent.. sussy
@@russianruvlette1662 Is that a Reference to home alone 2 Donald Trump or something.
@@QuangTran-gd9ep Yeah home alone 3
They can make huge profit of this palace. The potential is unbelievable
They can make it museum and charge people coming in, instead it just lays wasted..
@@pharnstv4818 options are endless... And it can boost the local economy.
How will they get back the valuables that were stolen? That's a major hurdle.
@@abhirajarora7631 simplest solution would turning this to a university/college specified in Middle Eastern history. As someone who's interested in history I would like to take a course over there. The place is a living history.
They turned his palace in Baghdad into a university and palace in Basra into a museum and in Mosul to a government building but this one is yet to be re used
Omg babylon is one of my favourite places in history, I love its ancient past, I'm from Poland but I somehow feel a connection to that place and those ancient times, I can't wait for next week's video!!!
"feel a connection" bro stfu
hello fellow pole
@@琴断 heyyy :D
My nigga just stay in poland alright?
@@omgbruhohhellnahmanwtfman9558 what you on about lmao 🤣🤔
They should convert it into a university or historical center.
your right!
Totally agree, Maybe when things get better there they'll hopefully renovate it and other places cuz Iraq has a lot of nice stuff in it that just needs to be taken care of, Good luck for Iraq 🖤
Not a university, this building shouldn't be glorified
no this place is too controversial
I like some buildings that were built by tyrants such as the Palace of The Parliament in Bucharest, Romania. However to me this building just looks tacky and somewhat dull.
Greetings to the Iraqi people with their ancient history from a Greek, who also feels proud of my long history and heritage ❤
There are landmarks so far that have not been discovered for fear of theft.. God help us
The first human being from Iraq, then the world
Pictured: Drew discovering the origin of the Saddam Hussein meme.
@Pinned Drew Binsky•: dude no you scammer
@L8iFER FF it told people “contact me on whatsapp in that autogenerated text with a random phone number” bro they ain’t even trying 😂😂😂
@@downwithbureaucracy8175 oh that fuçking bastard always the people who scam the life out of me
When you do bad to your people that’s what you get back from the same people . Sadam’s cruelties and inhuman nature should be recorded in world record next to Hitlar name.
@@rightperson4215 trump
Was only Saddam responsible for 250k causalituies?
America was playing hockey there?
True
And that's how they write the history books,they're the "HEROES"
That’s because they think the wars were because of Saddam, he had good reasons to invade Iran then Kuwait. Maybe Kuwait wasn’t the best idea but if he didn’t invade Iran there most likely would’ve been a successful Shia revolution.
@@yasir.111 Nah there was no good reason to invade Iran
@@313x.55 If he never invaded the Shias would’ve took over and toppled his government.
Welcome to Iraq 🇮🇶
Or as we say in Iraq "ahlan bek" اهلا بيك
@Pinned Drew Binsky•: scam
@@ahmadfirdaus6193 the thing that’s more ironic that Drew’s real number is in desc which basically makes this scam invalid as heck
Sadaam hussein was a legend ✌
Ahlan bake.
Does that mean welcome to your home?
Just a Arabic learner
@@MusTafa-wp1nt ahlan bake=welcome and you can use Salam alaikom it's the most popular word to say hello
شكراََ على تجولك واطلاعك على تاريخ ومعالم بلادي🇮🇶💖
It’s crazy how you visit places which could turn pretty dangerous for you, just for the content. Hats off man.
Bruh
Iraq isn't dangerous that's just what news shows to you
No other country in the world has more historic significance than Iraq, it is where the word of law and writing itself was developed. to see this country in this sad state after so many years of wars and destruction is beyond heartbreaking. I wish the people of Iraq love prosperity and peace.
Except india! It's traces are 26000 years old! Law, science, astronomical science, civilization, economics, oldest written scriptures in the world - VEDAS
Etc..
But IRAQ ❤️
@@parthsharma688 India is 15 million years old. Dinosarus originated in India.
@@maquacr7014Not true, Iraq is older
@@ابنالحله-ك4و Ever heard of sacrasm?
@@maquacr7014 You are from, its 16 million
Even though Iraq has troubles With government I would like to visit it as it’s got history and it’s got nice people and the food must be delicious
Even the garden of Eden is there. Noah and his family are from there. The ark rested on a mountain there after the great flood. So is Abraham and his wife. The parents of Issac and the grandparents of Jacob called Israel.
Trust me! This country is so fascinating 😍
@@drewbinsky I like to check it out some day along with Israel.
Im from there and i agree we have some good food
@@thespaceram2879 why do you want to visit terrorists, visit the humble and hospitable people of Palestine
this video feels so short. Goosebumps the entire time. Its cool how we just read these things in history books and now we get to see it outside of media
Baghdad was once a powerful capital, it has such a deep history
So why the Israeli prime minister is still alive after “convicting crimes against humanity”?
@Ne volim nepravdu You have your own country. Go there.
@Ne volim nepravdu Empires are no longer there. Be happy with what you have and avoid unnecessary bloodshed
@Ne volim nepravdu It was past. Move on.
@Ne volim nepravdu Ottomans no longer exist. Ottomans are even detested by Turks.
@Ne volim nepravdu They are not Ottoman remains. Ottoman leadership was Turkish. They are your own people who just converted. Do a DNA test. Do you want to make it about Islam vs Christinaity?
What a crazy place! I'm honestly surprised it's still standing
Me too!!
@@drewbinsky Iraq is called "Cradle of Civilizations" it will be still standing after 1000 of year's..
@@manjunathmnm only stone structures stand thousands of years
Guess he wanted to build a palace that would last. He must of used the best materials.
انه يقع في مدينتي في بابل الجميلة 🥰
Greetings to all Arab countries
من العراق تحيه جميع الدوله العربيه
خاب دنجب
اخير هناك عربي تحيه من مصر إلى العراق الحبيبه العظيمه ❤️❤️🇮🇶🇪🇬🇮🇶🇪🇬❤️❤️
@East سبع الذيول التسعة..سبعيش!!¿..سبع !تلميذ بريطانية ذيل بريطانيا..تعلوم الصهاينة اسرائيل!!..لك هذة دمر بلدنة..انتي شتدرين!! ذاك اليوم نولدوا ويمجدوه وهمة ميعرفون تاريخة المصخم.ميعرفون الشي الحقيقي الي سوااه بينة..!! روحي دادة روحي..انتي متدرين كُلشي وتمجدين بكيفج!! گال سبع گال !!!🤦♀️
@@muntahaaldoghan5706
صدام حسين هو الرئيس الوحيد في الوطن العربي في العصر الحديث يطلق عليه رئيس و رجل هو الوحيد اللي قصف إسرائيل و كان هيحرر فلسطين انت تعرف كيف كان حال العراق في عهد صدام حسين كانت العراق جنه و جيش العراق ال٥ عالميا و الاقتصاد قوي جدا جدا و صدام حسين لم يعدم الا الخاونه و الخاونه كانو من الشيعي و صدام حسين احتلال الكويت من أجل كرامه العراق لانو الكويت شتمت المرأه العراقيه و قالت الكويت سوف نخلي المرأه العراقيه ب ٥ دولار يعني الكويت تستحق ذلك الي الان هناك أشياء من عهد صدام حسين موجود لحد الان في العراق و هي مصدر السياحه متل برج بغداد و قوس النصر و ساعه بغداد و نصب الشهيد العراقي و قصور كثيره بنه صدام حسين و الآن تحولت إلى قصور الوزارة و ايضا متحف و هناك قصر بناء صدام حسين يسكن فيه رئيس العراق يعني انت عاجبك حال العراق بعد صدام حسين اكيد في عهد صدام حسين كان هناك اقتصاء تعليم جيدا امان و اهتمام بالصحه و جيش قوي و حال البلد و ايضا كان هناك بعض الفقر و المحتاجين لكن العراق بعد صدام فقط ظلم فساد دمار لايوجد أمني و امان لا يوجد اقتصاء قوي و لا تعليم جيدا و لا اي حاجه العراق بعد صدام فقط ظلم قهر دمار فساد نهب سرقه
@@لبنيمحمد-ح4ش شكلك ما تفقه بالسياسة و تنقاد نحو العواطف، صدام قصف اسرائيل فقط لما عرف أن الغزو الامريكي قادم وان مصيره هو الموت الحتمي
I met a very scholared Iraqi in Everett WA, USA and he was very broken-hearted.
Did he not talk about what the US did to Iraq.Like seriously, I’m a Iraqi and I’m mad the U.S. had to destroy a couple million Iraqi lives.Yet the U.S. are called “Heroes”
@@osamahissa8179 You have no idea what you are talking about.
@Muhsin Shah yeah multiple people my family knew were killed in the invasion of green zone just for things like standing out in there lawn everyone on sight was killed no mercy from the Americans
Does anyone know who the man is who is filming with drew insskie is? The guy with the beard who is from Spain and does he blog?
May God bless US (🇺🇸)
All Iraq’s people feel very thankful to U A for safe their life from Saddams wars
Man, your channel is pure gold, literally I can find information about every single country in the world 🌎 😮😀
Iraq was home to the oldest civilisation on earth. Its people are warm and friendly, its food is great and its a shame it has such a bad reputation. Thank you America!
Love watching your videos Drew!
Until now, we are clinging to our civilizations. Currently, I am in Babylon, and the land under my feet has thousands of artifacts, but we do not extract them for fear of theft. Yes to Iraq, yes to history, yes to the origin of humanity
America is the is the one who destroyed it too lol
@@xz2543 yeah i being sarcastic btw
Not the oldest but yeah old
Thank you America? My friend the US itself brought Iraq to the state it is today and yes it’s a shame to see Iraq in the state it is today but you can’t help but ask how why and who brought it to this state
As a Iraqi the war was Israel interest to destabilize the country and install a puppet. My grandfather served the Military as a general in the Iraq army and it was mandatory to all men join there. Thanks for showing my home country once again 🇮🇶
Indeed it was, so was the US intervention in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan. It’s all for the Israel lobby and their grip on the US politicians. A potential war with Iran Is also at the benefit of Israel and will cost the US TRILLIONS of dollars, thousands of lives and probably 20 - 30 years of a mission that will fail.
Drew can only show your home country now because of the United States intervention in 2003. Stop blaming the US and Israel for everything that goes wrong for you. It's easy and gratifying but has little basis in reality. The Saudi lobby is more powerful in Washington than the Israel lobby, and even they opposed the intervention. But it turns out on this important issue the US drove itself, as it tends to do. You needed Saddam like you needed a brain tumour, give up this Stockholm Syndrome and have some belief in your country.
@@EpicMRPancake You could freely travel to Iraq under Saddam. In fact Iraq was the most prosperous nation in the region and was called “the France of the Middle East”. Tourism was flourishing under Saddam’s Ba’ath party.
The Saudi lobby did lobby against the intervention but the Israeli lobby lobbied heavy for it. AIPAC is the most powerful lobby in Washington not the Saudi lobby.
Don’t forget to mention that it is the CIA who implemented Saddam’s Ba’ath party to begin with.
@@Ruder6163 I'll admit that the CIA did as you say, but I'm not a fan of the CIA (and the CIA was not a fan of the 2003 intervention either, go figure).
My point about the lobby groups in Washington is that they are often overrated, as if US policy is simply the result of a mathematical equation comparing the relative strength of various lobbyists. They have influence but are not puppet masters like some lazy people believe, and the idea that it's Israel pulling all the strings is always tainted with bigotry. Saddam and the US had a history that had little or nothing to do with Israel you realise, like the Kuwait war for instance. There were legitimate reasons for the invasion that had nothing to do with Israel.
Iraq under Saddam was not the most prosperous country in the region, and to say so demonstrates willing ignorance of history. What you're thinking of is the pre-Ba'ath party prosperity which Saddam's regime leeched off, and after decades of corruption, war, sanctions and neglect it was ground down to poverty. And to the point, Drew would not be able to visit or film because the regime would have imploded, and the violence that Iraq (for the most part) has only just gotten clear of would have been orders of magnitude worse and still tearing the country to shreds. So he couldn't visit unless he was ready to die horribly, and if he didn't die he wouldn't be able to put what he filmed on UA-cam.
@@EpicMRPancake Netanyahu made a speech in US senate urging senators to invade Iraq.
What are you on about?
Have the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" been found yet?
No
No. Because the Legacy Media is a liar just like they have been lying in US media for the last forever about anyone they don't like.
Probably couple 100s of 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' in the USA, Ready to go.
Is it around 1000s of nuclear bombs USA has tested around the world?
No. In July 2003 Dr David Kelly was killed after he testified that NO/NONE/ZERO weapons of mass destruction was found. The western terrorist killed 1.5 million Innocent Iraqis and nuked them until today babies are born deformed. So Drew stop this western propaganda against. Learn your facts then report don't be another puppet of the West. Have the courage to speak the truth.
What have been found is massgraves with thousands of bodies with men women and children spread all over iraq
Bro when you say saddam caused a genocide, you also need to say the role of your government in bringing him to power to gain control and then eradicating him and ruining the whole region when they saw he wasn't being their puppet. Hypocrisy at the peak lol
This is about the pre-invasion history. Deal with it.
@@xavierlauzac5922 you seem to be unaware of the pre-invasion history.
@@adhiroham I am aware. It’s not wrong to not talk about your government.
This isn't a Chomsky documentary.
"Need to" Sorry to break it to you he isn't a history teacher nor is he both he's a tourist.
The return of the memories.
When I saw you walking in the ancient city of Babylon. Especially Saddam's palace, I felt the attack of distant memories on my soul. Those memories made me swim in an ocean of endless sadness and tears. I felt that the history of Iraq goes back to those beautiful days - at least for me - I am the strong young man in body, spirit, and morals - with all the meaning of this phrase. I was working in the Iraqi Ministry of Information - Foreign Media from 1987 until the fall of Iraq. I was accompanying the press delegations that were visiting Iraq at that time. Giant cars were carrying dirt to create high hills in order to build Saddam's palace on those hills. That was in 1987. The labor men were working day and night to complete this grand palace, which Saddam wanted to be a witness to history after his death. Unfortunately, this place has now turned into a pile of rubble, and people are writing ugly words on its walls as if they want to take revenge on Iraq's history under the pretext of their hatred against Saddam. The Ministry of Information in the modern era was supposed to preserve this place and make it a tourist place to visit
People are from inside and outside and the money obtained from visitors goes to reconstruct, and build the city, but unfortunately, no one cares about this. Today I was happy and sad at the same time because I saw people from outside Iraq coming to visit the palace, but inside them, they say things that are not like the things they say in the video.. The place is filthy and dirty and there is no complete care by those responsible for ruins, remains in Iraq. At that time, Saddam had used to come from time to time to see the progress of work...I watched him several times, but I could not talk to him because of the protection, guards, that surrounded him from all sides. It's all old history...Thank you very much.
Your
Thamir
Baghdad.
You must be happy when you see some of the buildings left in Saddam's palace, everything related to Saddam is being smashed. She got a good job at the time and Iraqis are dying for a pointless war financed by Western countries to fight Iran on her behalf. Why do we suffer from hunger, killing and war? Are we second class humans? Why don't you see this ugly side of Saddam's rule? The Iraqi people do not respect those who love their killer. It is like praising Hitler in front of the Jews. Do you understand that
Yeah right whatever.
@@mu-is4ee they are both jew and trying to create a new war by mentioning babylon so they can vlaim iraq as theirs just like they did paleatine.
Hi there I really love Iraq!!! And saddam hussein too !! Hes hero of Muslims but I dont understand why people of Iraq don't like him usa killed him he was good for his country 😕 😔
@@snkackerman4684 bcs he might ba a hero for some people bcs of the thing he bought and gave them, but for his own people, he was a dictator just like every dictator, u get killed if you didnt support him or thank him, it was a must to worship him otherwise u get killed or throne in jail, and this is only the not so horrible stuff he made, not to talk about his saddistic son, uday that would kille for fun, he woul exampel crash a weddig, then point out all the women he wanted brought in his room to be raped and/or killed and this is includes the brides of the weddings, he would enter a room and order every person the get naked and the killed, he was a devil in humn form with all power in his hand and no consequence. Even his fatehr Saddem didnt want his oldest son to take over the land after his death bcs he knew he was to much of a brutal person. In his time the economy was better bcs know instead of a family that was stealing the money of the people know its a hole parlament, however the freedom of speach, freedom of journaling, freedom on thinking and beliveing in different thinks doesnt end up killing you and ur family. Its alot more horrible things that was done for the people of iraq, specially the shias, kurdish and other non sunnis, and mind you iraq is full of different ethnic groups and religions. I cant really list all the horrible things he deed, and i cant really even aímagine it. Some of my friends was brought up to love saddam hussein, bcs their families and friends said that he was a great leader however if you read about him from a non-loving perspectiv you will find him to be a bad man. Every person have a good and evil side, but his good was for the people he sought to love and the evil for the other millions that was killed, tortured, executed, arbitrary arrested, unlawful detained, enforced disappearance, and various forms of repression to control the population. So please seek ur own truth and create the ur own image of the man u are said to like and love. As a see it, Hitler was a great, loving, giving person for thoes he liked but a horrible man for thoes he didnt consider to be even a "human".
A great leader is a good leader for the entire of his people not only thoes he considered to be equals.
Very informative video. This palace should be preserved
4:45 I really loved the tattoo which says "Karm" which defines to your deeds...
We spell it as “kierem كَرَم” in Iraq not karm
I was talking about the tattoo on his elbow which is written in hindi which is a language of India..
It has been interpreted as Karma in west, they take it from Buddhism
@@anshulraut8013 it's sanskrit not hindi..karma is a sanskrit word..
@@FirstLob Hinduism and Buddhism both originated from the Indian subcontinent, so both religions have so much in common
This is amazing! Soo much history ❤️
You're very quickly making me want to get into travel... Love your channel Drew!
Iraq is a country with peace love respect and no bad actions ever
Wow the Iraq it's wonderful 😍🤍 hopefully one day I travel to it🧳🛫 .. OMG such amazing ancient culture
That building reminds us all that dictators are not immortal
Including MODI
Including Putin, Xi-Jinping and others
@East Sadam Hussein helped our country a lot after the war with the Americans.
@East He was a dictator and a stupid leader, destroyed Iraq in 10 years. lost Kurdistan region, lost against Iran, invaded Kuwait and then became the death of his country and himself. all that in 10 years. I don't even need to mention Anfal campaigns and Halabja genocides that he did against Kurds.
@East what justification did Saddam have to murder 250000 of his own country's civilians. Also being in charge for 24 years absolutely makes you a dictator
Love from norway 🇳🇴
@Pinned Drew Binsky•: ??
🇸🇪 here🤞
Incredible tour. Very eerie. This should be an example to humankind to be humble at all times because one day you can be at the very top, and the next, nothing!!! Thanks for sharing!
spooky. thanx 4 filming and posting
I had an old coworker in the invasion of iraq. Interesting to see the palace his story took place.
What an amazing video! Very informative.
Awesome video....ending my day with this video from India 🇮🇳
@@pinneddrewbinsky6978 fake
Lucky I love the Babylonian history and wish to visit Iraq one day 😢
You are welcome anytime 😊♥
by the way I'm from Babylon.
@@mohammedkh4321 خاب دنجب
Hi i am Assyrian and if you want to visit our history i recomend museums from England or Other big country cus they stole it.
@@identity2257 شبيك مط😐ي انت منو يمك؟ انت من محافظة بابل
@@mohammedkh4321 اي اني من الحلة
بس ما صرت معيدي مثلك وبكل تعليق يابة شوفوني ساكن بمحافظة بابل، شدتحس ابن الفگر😂
Thanks for coming I was seeing you
Great job man,you are the best. Good luck on your traveling.
Drew, Please be safe. I know you really have fun doing this but we really like you, I'm scared if something goes wrong. But good luck :)
i don’t think he’s in iraq right now, he filmed his trip, returned to his country and then uploaded the videos
This would make a perfect hotel honestly with the babylon vieuw
Haha 😄🤣
@@drewbinsky
SILLY!
@@drewbinsky what's your opinion about iran?
@@drewbinsky Saddam is Ruthless
@@rostamfarikhnehad6391 Saddam and Khomeini both are criminals but Saddam is much better than him 😎
I love that the title is "I Found..." as if this palace could ever be lost.
شعب كان مظلوم جائع
في عهد صدام حسين
اهلا بكم في العراق الجميل الحر
العراق الجميل الحر 😂 مبين ميليشياوي لو دعوچي لو من ربع الفتح وقيوسي
This place is now renovated,it's now beautiful
Once a feared man in Iraq. With absolute power he thought the people loved him. The palace looks scary now as it's been abandoned for a very long time . I would love to visit Babylon one day. Nice video
Drew i loved your content until this point when you were explaining the history of saddam and forgot to mention the UNITED STATES illegal invasion of the country, who were the true prosecutors of Saddam and his execution. The iraqi citizens did not want this outcome for their leader and to this day is a source of rebellion and militarism. You cant false report in this manner specially knowing that you belong to the country which demonized this leader, a lil bit more self awareness would have been nice
Wasn’t saddam the one who invaded Kuwait for oil? Is that not illegal? Or how about having people murdered and silenced? 250,000 victims is that not illegal?
@@cosmicrahal6014 you should read about OPEC and the USA allies in the Arabian peninsula. This was not an illegal invasion. Plus, that first gold war was quick, clean and had lesser consequences than the second gulf war, which is still going on today. Good day sir
reeyees50 it was an illegal invasion. Saddam sounded like Hitler, making up new ways to try and invade Kuwait. Invading a country over some oil, and then saying Kuwait was always a part of iraq in order to justify an invasion
@@reeyees50 saddam was horrible but america is also horrible and currpt saddam is a horrible person who killed innocent people lannat saddam
Sadam killed so many innocent people just because they had a different religion he wasn't a leader he was a dictator and most of us the Iraqi people are glad that he died he is the reason that we are at this state today he was the first who damaged our economy investing most of it in military I'm not saying today's government is good actually they're both equally horrible
Amazing videos keep up the hard work ❤️🔥
That place is huge! I imagine it was very beautiful!. Unreal!
Duuuudeee you and Alvaro are the best traveling team EVER!!!! Thank you guys so much for showing us the world, and for changing my life, lots of love from Brazil ✌
Wow Drew, i never imagined seeing the inside of such a treacherous place but beautiful. Thanks for this insight.
Did you notice that the Arab had Karma tattooed in Hindi on his arm?
Babylon hanging garden is one of the ancient 7 wonders of the world.
Was*
@@juniorsir9521 why what happen now 🙂
@@worldseverycountry1867 the garden doesn’t exist anymore.
I wonder where Alexander the great passed away 2,300 years ago. I'm so jelly. That hotel in Monrovia has a really crazy story too.
Because Ivan the Terrible gave him a glass of poison during a rap battle. His stomach was riddled with holes and the pain was unbearable.
@@ants-in-my-eyesjohnson1271 It was Ivan that killed Alex? Wooooooooooow. I wonder why they skipped that part in the movie.
He passed away in his bed. His bed must of been on the upper chamber of the grand palace which was located near center of the city.
It's really sad that this place is abandoned
Iraq was once very rich country like Kuwait, Saudi Arabia. My uncle went there to work and his salary was so high compared to Saudi Arabia 😊
Ronald Reagan said the scariest sentence any American can ever hear is:" I'm from the government and I'm here to help". I think the scariest sentence any foreign citizen can hear is: "We're from the US and we're here to spread freedom and democracy in your country"
RIP Saddam Hussein best arab leader 🕊
He didn’t gas Kurds or invaded Kuwait?
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@@noahremnek3615 he stood for the right of his people and said no to the west but look at Iraq now.. when saddam ruled Iraq it was the best it ever been
Lmfao what
I'm an Assyrian meaning Babylon belonged to the Assyrians and Chaldeans - Sadam disrespected my culture and destroyed it all with his rule but America turned a devil into an angel with the amount of Iraqis they killed due to the war they initiated
He in hell Habbibi. He killed my fellow muslims and tarnished Kurds culture he’s fucking dictator sir. my descendant Philip predicted On Midnight New Year’s Eve Iraq dissolved Saudi Arabia my homeland gains territory for first time in nearly a century. Iraqi national anthem played for last time even i hear trimmed-out national anthem in sky at the time i visited Sudair for family reason when i turned on the telly i hear saudi anthem copycat song on CNN
@@doomi4055 long live sadaam
Love Saddam
Please know that many Americans are horrified by what our government has been doing overseas for a long time and have been trying to stop it for decades. I'm so disgusted and ashamed for what my tax dollars have been used for in your country.
The Assyrians conquered babylon from the native babylobians and killed alot of people. It doesn't belong to your people
I travelled around the world is Free...through your channel Drew! Thanks a lots..
I like your blogs especially like this type... So if you explain in some details like discovery it's more interested
It's doesn't matter how many episodes you uploads
Love from India 🇮🇳👍
This is a fantastic video but why would you lie about being the only ones there? Right at the beginning you can see multiple other people there too! :D
hes trying to push a narrative on these Iraq videos . he had a tour guide the whole time
How about restoring it and making it a museum.
Where is the gaming room
yeah what artifacts will they put in their. The British stole everything
@@animereviews4218 USA took it
USA will never allow it..... they will never allow IRAQ to go back to normal because they want oil..... that's what happened in Syria
How about demolishing it and build an even bigger taller palace?
Iraq with saddam Hussein : no terror
Iraq with America millitary : boom ,boom 💥🤯
Edit : what i wanted to say it's better when saddam rules compare to the US invasion...Iraq were better before US invasion
No terror under Saddam? He literally raged a pointless war against Iran for years and terrorised the country under his brutal military dictatorship. Some of ya'll really don't understand Iraq's history and wanna sugarcoat this shit.
@muhammad shaukat I'm not saying that the US's foreign policy is okay, but to dismiss the actions of Saddam and minimise his horrific regime just because the US's foreign policy has been destructive is fucking stupid.
@@tarahardy4357 imagine a non-iraqi trying to teach Iraqis about their history
@@noodle7725 lmaoooo sweetie I'm Kurdish and my family are from Iraq and I've lived there. Don't try and @ me.
@@tarahardy4357 thats why you suck at iraqi history, cause ur kurdish, case settled
Spending millions of dollars wasn't the only thing he did to build that palace, he also casually blasted away a village where people lived like it was nothing to build the hill for the palace. It went from being an area filled with life...to a narcissistic palace that's now abandoned. Also ironically a good summarization of what has happened to Iraq from the Saddam era to now. Life during the Saddam era, and darkness after the US invasion.
I'm so invested in dark tourism...it's why I want to visit Greece. Not just to see the ancient ruins but also the modern ruins of the country, aka the abandoned Athens 2004 venues like the infamous beach volleyball one. Ironically, Ellinikon was once home to Athens' airport before it closed and a part of the runway was turned into walkways to connect Olympic venues in a complex, and now those Olympic venues had the same fate as the airport....ABANDONED. Visiting abandoned Olympic venues like those should be something more people do, to see the reality of being an Olympic host city and its side effects.
Beautiful information from Iraq about Babylon.
We were visiting this Palace in school trips every year 🥲
Are you Iraqi?
@@islammaynul9322 yes, from an-Najaf to be specific
@@ali53240 cool
Drew you failed to mention the murky politics of the Middle East. How he was a friend of the US when he fought against the Iranians. I think u should not talk about politics. Better to keep it out of your usual carefree videos. The politics of the Middle East not as black and white as u made out in this video.. Politicians are mostly duplicitous hypocritical and at times lack human decency
He did not talk about politics. Just Saddam a little. For those who may not know who he was.
He mentioned Saddam killed 250k people while his country killed 1.4 million-2 million Iraqis. SMH🤦
Drew is simply mentioning a fact. He's not a history teacher or some kind of politician. He's just a tourist my god.
Saddam wasn’t a good guy. But Americans did lot of cruel things in There. But media don’t show it.
@@sajitmohammad9168 The Americans do more than any country in the world to stop communism from spreading. Even though God=Lord Jesus Christ (Yahushua Hama Shiach) stops all of the communist criminals eventually in the end.
So glad to see you visiting my country. And your videos are so interesting!!!
Thank you for showing my country without calling us terrorists If you come to Iraq kurdistan I will personally meet you
Ey khakfrosh to kurdi na eiiiiraqi to kurdi
As a Vietnamese I would like to say that saddam hussein is a good friend and benefactor of my country. When my country was still poor and just ended the war with the United States, saddam hussein lent us oil and food. Finally, we were forgiven by President Hussein. To Iraq and the world, he may be a dictator or a murderer, but for me and Vietnam, saddam hussein is a benefactor and a good friend.
You mean North.
"As a Vietnamese..." followed by pro-Saddam propaganda and lies.
Once saddam hussain was America's favorite and now they are showing him as bad guy. 👍👍. BTW nice video.
Saddam is in fact a bad guy. He was a brutal dictator.
@@thespaceram2879 saddam was a cancer for humanity bt my point is America do not care about human rights until someone goes against their intrest. example is saudi arabia and Israel. They are clearly violating human rights and America do not care bt if they will go against America then America will act like champion of human rights.
@Duffy63 Yeah thats true, but the funny thing about it, is that when Saddam invaded Kuwait( cuz he claimed Kuwait was stealing oil from Iraq)and the western countries disliked it thats when US started to dislike him even thou before that event he did genocide of kurdish people and lots of other bad stuff but when it happened US gave no shit about it but when he was not anymore a good political alliance then US started calling him as a Tyrant. 😂Like the hypocracy of US goverment is beyond pathetic.
@@Riddle502 Thats exactly my thought! And that is the reason why I truly hate America cuz they always happen to be fighting for "freedom and justice" when for real they are just accomplishing their own political intentions. They also love to judge other big countries like Russia, China and Iran and claim them as evil countries only cuz they are their political enemys😂. They have truly made horrible things to this world and especially middle east where US has brought "freedom and democracy" to almost every country. The Hypocrisy in this case is just on complitly new level.
@@Riddle502 America put him in power. They allowed him to fight Iran, they said they would not care about Kuwait. Rumsfeld was a good friend of Mr, Hussein.
Drew unfortunately Saddam was funded by your home country, you have been historically accurate but you failed to mention this, all of his evil doing was funded and driven by the US government, The Iraqui people suffered greatly because of the United states, even worse Iraq is worse now than under the rule of Saddam.
Even I have seen his biased opinions on many other country where he intensionally forget's to tell about his own countries series of disaster. You can see interference of USA in any oil rich country.
@@theunscriptedlife7949 I'm not here to point fingers at Drew at all, I agree with you that it should absolutely be mentioned if he is going to talk about a political history of any country, otherwise if you don't bring it up , it's ok to just be neutral but that isn't the case here, Americans should know the history of their interference throughout the. Idle east and anywhere if you are going to have a political segments, and make no mistake about it, no matter how much he thinks this segment may not be for him, it cuts deep for the people of all regions who have been affected by these interference
I love what you have said brother. They destroyed Iraq.
@@Jess-737 yes I can respect that , but please understand this isn't "good side of the country" and it is an absolutely political issue issue in every sense of the word, this is a very dark chapter in the history of Iraq and to address Saddam and not the history of the US involvement is disingenuous. This is political even if it wasn't intentional, when talking about evil creepy dictators , it's also right to address who helped those evil creepy dictators , the funds, the weapons and the political support to carry out his creepy atrocities. Respect to you for trying to clarify but I respectfully disagree that your sentiments is the case in this instant
I’m watching again your vlog Drew, vlog marathon? I guess 😅
I’m so fascinated honestly about iraq’s/babylon rich history… I’m a filipino and I love world history… I hope Iraqi people find another Saddam Hussein who can Lead them to progress again… Being a Leader have always a choice to make even if the exchange is their own life…
I believe Saddam is good, he just eliminated the bad people in their country just to give a peaceful life to his people…
Saddam Hussein of 🇮🇶 Gaddafi of 🇱🇾 and Marcos the I of 🇵🇭 They are three leaders thats been tagged by their world enemy as a DICTATOR.. just to ruin their names to the world. But their Legacy in there respective country remains in the heart of the people who experienced their reigns in Power! ☮️ 🌏🌍
اهلا بيك في العراق
Welcome to Iraq ❤️
This gave me the chills
Love the middle east
Love from India 🇮🇳♥
They looted everything from him and his palace
@Jοe Biden if you look the bbc documentary about the iraq war th shows the opposite if what you are claiming my friend.
@@alikasim9627 Who believes the bbc? LOL
@@alberkani1999 well firstly they were in the place at that time and provided video footage from the scene.
Sadam though brutal was honnest. Technically all palaces were registered government property , a thing I doubt most world leaders would do if got the chance not to. Great videos man you rock it all
Only saddams family was in the goverment. Only thr baath party. Meaning if he died. His son will take over
I’m from Babylon the last time I went in the palace was 2015 and no one was allowed up stairs
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Appreciate your guts brother 👏👏
Ah yes, I see Saddam was the manager of the Hotel California after all
When you see he posted this on July 4th:
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Away from the dark history of governments, away from the political details that some people are ignorant of, and away from what Saddam did to the Iraqis and what America and Iran did in Iraq.
- I want to say, my love to all the peoples of the world and I wish peace to all ❤️
Welcome to ln Iraq 🇮🇶 اهلا وسهلا
I hope people of Iraq should look after this building.. It could be used something good in future..
Saddam Hussian rocks man ! and again huge thank you for visiting Iraq
He is a horrible person he killed many people
He was a bad person tho lol
@Ibrahim Al Nassery are u ok? He did man read your history
@@cy4n_knight_q8 He's a double edged sword , he did some good things like the country was cleaner and safer and more stable but sadly he did some bad things like dragging the country in unnecessary wars , the current government is just bad and that's it .
@Ibrahim Al Nassery Bruh I am ok with your opinion but the problem I have is that you are saying that he did not kill anyone but he killed many innocent people
Everyone has to leave one day but still people do bad things and get remembered as dictators. SAD
@East So you don't consider Saddam as an autocratic ruler/ dictator because sources confirm that.Are you from Iraq??
@East Saddam was a pig that ordered the execution of 3 of my uncles. One of them was slowely dipped in acid and suffered a painful death. Most Iraqi citizens hate from after dealing with his cruelty and instability.
@East if he was a great leader then we don't want great leader's like him
@Sith 3P0 well european goverments should from the first not support leaders like saddam and gulf leaders with weapons and material they know is going to be used against civilians by the brutal leader.
Rest In Peace sharoon
A lot of judgement against Sadam in this one. The current puppet government is way more repressive if you ask Iraqis who live there now (like the youtuber Hakim) as opposed to white Americans like Drew.
I mean Sadam had assassination teams for people who even spoke out a little against him
@@cgmason7568 well he was at least better than whatever the current govt is. Under Saddam it protected its Sovereign values and had a well educated population. Currently the economic solution doesn't even allow people to get clean water
i would rather be quiet and not question saddam as a leader and mind my own bussiness while i have clean water, job and electricty. We dont have that today, in a country that has the 4th largest oil reserves in the world
@@mohammedal-kaffaji3543 during saddam time, we Iraqis didn't have electricity. You mentioned 250,000 Kurds and minorities killed by Saddam. How about the millions of the Shia majority that he killed in his stupid reckless useless wars and putting Iraq against the world and getting us destroyed. This government repersent the interest of other countries mainly America and Iran. Even Jordan and Egypt are getting oil from us at a lower price of the market price. . It feels as if these politicians in Iraq government today only look out for the interests of themselves over thier country the same way every Iraqi feels. We as s society have been humbled but we are not dead. This is what Saddam started, and these corrupt human beings in the government are doing today. I don't see any end in sight to this bs. Everyday a new shit comes up that divides peoples opinions and thoughts. This leads to further division in this country.
If you wanna be on the good side. Its simple. Look out for the interests of your people and don't transgress on others interests.
Yes, because murdering tens of thousands of innocent kurds, attempting to invade TWO neighbourig countries for imperialistic reasons and being possibly one of the most brutal dictators throughout the enitrety of the 20th century is perfectly fine.
I feel like the Iraq War made people martyr Saddam just because of how incompetent the US government was, but Saddam was a real piece of shit, and should not be remembered as a good person.
Thank you for your videos keep safe and God bless
Shoutout to Drew who is dismantling mainstream media's degrading/ dehumanizing coverage of Iraq.
Saddam Hussein was not "rightly so" hanged by some banana court backed by the US. He was deposed and executed for all the wrong reasons. That palace should be restored. It now belongs to the Iraqi people. Whatever the past, it is their heritage.
The palace is amazing!Why don't the locals turn them into tourist spots?IN that way,they're are preserved and provide income for them instead of letting the buildings rot?
What would you reccomend iraqi locals to do?
Nice brother. revisit kerala ❤❤
Incredible -thx for sharing
Why Freighting?
Your country (America )destroyed Iraq and you came here saying feeling like Nazi? It shows your true color.