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Ali Hakeem was born near the Tower of Babel. For him and for all Mesopotamians, the morning of the 9th of April, 2003 was horrific, as their capital was invaded, occupied and consequently looted. He was destined in this lifetime to experience the tumultuous situations that he and his homeland would face. In the first of many previous wars, Ali lost Ai, the love of his life. He lived under severe sanction and aerial bombing during the “Desert Fox” then “Desert Storm” wars and yet, he climbed high in his profession. Following the invasion called “Operation Freedom” he was abducted from his molecular world and illegally detained in an occupation military camp until his captors realized their mistake. This book is about two lives, wars, lies and the fantasies of the Weapons of Mass Destruction. It is self-portrait of a man stands in the empty train station of his life, unites memoir fiction with truth and fascination with the past.