Friends
The endless wait for the Baghdad flights at the British military terminal in Kuwait
Stop in Erbil with Ken enroute Baghdad
The ride into Baghdad
Typical late evening arrival
Pete reads the Stars and Stripes at BIAP
Ian shows his litter tree as reminder to keep the camp clean
LTGEN Flowers from the Corps of Engineers visits the team
Ben and everyone gets searched entering the Iraq Telephone and Post (ITPC) ministry
Weekly meeting with the Minister and ITPC senior staff. July 03 - no windows, no a/c, no doors - totally gutted bldg. And 120 degrees
Bab Almuadham site team
Money on the table. ITPC cash for paying subcontractors
Ben and Ziad training ITPC maintenance engineers on generator fueling and maintenance
The Kadamyha site team
Signs of success - Baya operators calling to contact newly connected subscribers
Engineer Zaid wins a twenty for beating the schedule
"This is where the receptionist sat", says Cliff to Dave at Mamoun
Do you really think this will work?, Cliff asks Steve
Weekly project meeting with ITPC GM and team
Training Iraqi switch operators
Jeff fills the void as acting General Manager of the ITPC - a permanent position he turned down
Salman tells Steve and Hasan how it should look
Michael Parker, Lucent's great Project Manager takes a quick meeting moment in the sun at Mamoun. The ITPC site superintendent looks on.
Bill Evans - Globecom's miracle worker Project Manager
Great Telecoms team Christmas photo
The real heroes - Iraqi splicers working all day in a concrete manhole with the temperature above 120 degrees