Israeli President Isaac Herzog and the first lady Michal Herzog have visited the Icherisheher (Inner City), one of the world`s cultural heritage monuments, Azernews reports.
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i was here. i was staying in the palestine hotel, which is just over there. actually, if we flip the camera around, you can see it. it s that tall hotel right over there, and that had an amazing view. still has an amazing view over saddam hussein s palace complex, an area that now became the green zone. so from that building, i was able to watch the invasion. actually, if you remember all those iconic images of the skyline in iraq lighting up as the as u.s. forces were targeting the command and control infrastructure, air defenses. those pictures were taken right from there, and then where we are right now is the culmination when baghdad fell several weeks after the bombing campaign, as u.s. troops were driving up from kuwait and finally arrived here in baghdad, u.s. troops were coming down this street. they pulled up on that corner.