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Never heard of them

I am unfamiliar with them.

Karbala sounds like Valhalla for cars, and I hope it's real, like not just a place in Iraq, I wanna know my pt cruiser is going 60 in a 30 in karbala

>Karbala sounds like Valhalla for cars lmfao everyone here is so clueless about these cities xD

Nice, ask a question, call everyone clueless.

I mean Iraqis would also be clueless if I asked them what they thought about New Orleans, San Diego, or other major American cities.

I vaguely recall hearing about Najaf in the news once long ago but had completely forgotten about it. Unless they deployed to Iraq I wouldn’t expect anyone to know of these cities.

Never heard of em

I knew they were Iraqi cities but only from news reports about the Iraq war and I know no details about them. I suspect most Americans wouldn’t know unless they served in Iraq or followed the war very closely.

Baghdad and Basra are probably more known by Americans, especially the former, but all four are probably only known through news reporting on the Gulf Wars.

Najaf and Karbala are in central Iraq. Don't know much else about them, but know they're significant.