 Many of the rooms were converted to serve as offices, and after 2004 the Palace was used as the headquarters for the Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I), along with the Joint Operations Center (JOC), which served for years as 'Mission Control' for the Multi-National Corps - Iraq (MNC-I) and all operational aspects of Operation Iraqi Freedom.There is an artificial lake surrounding the palace that has a special breed of large bass dubbed the Saddam bass, as well as large carp.Saddam formerly used the palace for duck-hunting expeditions.