It snowed in Iraq?

The swiffers could not have come at a better time! Want to know why?
> well because it snowed. And no, that is not a typo- I am exhausted
> but I 100% mean that it snowed. Some of it even stuck. I think pigs
> were spotted flying at the same time. I am in the middle of Iraq and
> it was snowing. Anyways- following the snow, I discovered a new
> wonderful thing about Iraq. After the snow it was like the light was
> finally turned on, and I was able to understand why there are bridges
> over the drainage ditches, why there is gravel everywhere, why things
> to scrape your feet on are laid into the actual concrete, and why
> little efforts were made to make paved sidewalks inches above the
> ground. This place is a mud pit- a horrible, sucking, pull your boots
> off your feet mud pit that is ten times worse than any mud season that
> Maine has ever seen since the dawn of concrete. It is everywhere,
> caking everything- and it is especially awesome because at night there
> are no lights anywhere so you're pretty much at the mercy of the god
> of puddles and mud pits. Did I mention that it only snowed for about
> 4 hours? And that this is supposedly the beginning of the "rainy
> season". Awesome.
>
> You know what I would really like right now- one of those days where
> you just wake up and know that you have absolutely nothing to do and
> you barely wake up and take a shower- you just watch movies all day
> and go out to dinner. I know you probably haven't had any of those
> since you had us- but still...maybe way back in the way ack machine
> you remember. Actually right now I would settle for sleeping past
> 745AM (if I sleep any later they start cleaning the bathroom and I
> can't get in there and you taught me well...I need to brush my teeth
> every morning)