Maj. Gen. Michael Oates, commanding general, Multi-National Division - South, 10th Mountain Division, fields a question from an Iraqi reporter at a ceremony marking the transfer of the Zigguart of Ur from to Iraqi control as Maj. Chad Carroll, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division public affairs officer from Cleburne, Texas, monitors the interview. The Ziggurat had been closed to the public since 2003. The Ziggurat was constructed in 2100 by Sumerian King Ur-Nammu. Flickr - The Army - Maj. Gen. Michael Oates

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