Snow day in the sands of Baghdad


	Snow day in the sands of Baghdad

invictus

1-11-2008 3:58 PM

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iraq, baghdad, snow, weather

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1-12-2008 3:26 PM

kkcapricorn

uh, is this some sort of omen?

1-12-2008 10:28 PM

skwirlinator

Yeah, O man its cold

1-13-2008 12:54 AM

Deepti

lol Skwirl

1-13-2008 7:39 AM

skwirlinator

Hey, at least someone got it!
Thanx Deepti

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