Transfer of ‘Wedding Island’ is part of U.S.-Iraq breakup Stars and Stripes: "With the transfer of a Green Zone property known as “Wedding Island,” the U.S. military continued its legal separation from Iraq.
The 42-acre wedge of land in the Tigris River, the scene of lavish wedding ceremonies during Saddam’s rule, and more recently a storage area for construction material, was turned over to the Iraqi Ministry of Tourism on Wednesday. The ministry announced plans in 2008 to turn the land into a vacation spot evoking the regional tales of “One Thousand and One Nights,” complete with an amusement park, an 18-hole golf course and a shopping mall."
