I don't have the link, but if you feel like looking it up, it's in today's Chicago Sun-Times.
Daily Telegraph
BAGHDAD, Iraq -
The Garden of Eden has "Down With America" sprayed across its battered wall and the Tree of Life died many years ago. Every inch of grass in the biblical birthplace of mankind has been covered with chipped, concrete flagstones.
If Adam and Eve returned today, they would run no risk of temptation, for the serpents, apples and most other forms of life have disappeared.
The traditional site of the Garden of Eden in southern Iraq is about as far from idyllic as could be imagined.
Folklore holds that Adam and Eve frolicked together at the point where the Tigris and Euphrates River converge.
The Garden contains five small trees, none of which sprouts any fruit. One has a green cloth tied to a branch, identifying it as the Tree of Life. Today, every inch of bark has been stripped from its trunk.
Litter is strewn all around the tree. Not a single flower or blade of grass grows. Instead, the Garden displays the central propoganda message of Saddam's regime.
On the wall, someone has sprayed in Arabic script: "Down with America".
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I found this very disturbing and sad. Any thoughts?
Daily Telegraph
BAGHDAD, Iraq -
The Garden of Eden has "Down With America" sprayed across its battered wall and the Tree of Life died many years ago. Every inch of grass in the biblical birthplace of mankind has been covered with chipped, concrete flagstones.
If Adam and Eve returned today, they would run no risk of temptation, for the serpents, apples and most other forms of life have disappeared.
The traditional site of the Garden of Eden in southern Iraq is about as far from idyllic as could be imagined.
Folklore holds that Adam and Eve frolicked together at the point where the Tigris and Euphrates River converge.
The Garden contains five small trees, none of which sprouts any fruit. One has a green cloth tied to a branch, identifying it as the Tree of Life. Today, every inch of bark has been stripped from its trunk.
Litter is strewn all around the tree. Not a single flower or blade of grass grows. Instead, the Garden displays the central propoganda message of Saddam's regime.
On the wall, someone has sprayed in Arabic script: "Down with America".
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I found this very disturbing and sad. Any thoughts?
