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Elpida Rouka

Jun 30, 2026

3:50
Um, what, what do you remember when you walked into work that fateful day at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad?
4:02
I mean, remembrance is a funny thing, [chuckles] right? Uh, but I have replayed it and played it over for so many years now.
4:11
Um, but it was our last day.
4:14
It was supposed to be our last day in Iraq.
4:16
We had just come back from the northern Iraqi governorates.
4:20
Um, and I remember entering the compound.
4:24
I took a picture of the UN flag that ended up being the one that survived the blast and was then framed.

14 MINS LATER

18:10
What happened there?

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