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Located in the rural Senseweb Pamlet of Dubap in Central Iraq was a five-acre orchard lined

with pomegranate and date trees, grape binds and various desert resistant crops. At the

front of the spacious property was a dirt driveway that led to a one-story, tan-colored,

concrete farmhouse. It featured a kitchen, living space, bathroom and a single bedroom

interconnected by a narrow hallway. H.R.R.M. was fully furnished with basic well-worn

furniture, cramped but homely.

On the outside, a staircase split up to the building's flat roof with a view of the surrounding

country landscape, a desert patchwork of palm trees, wild grass and dry sandy flatlands

intersected by long dirt roads.

Neighboring buildings were few and far between. Some were empty, others were in stages of

construction. It was acquired, isolated and sparsely populated area. If you didn't have

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