Eye Witness: Iraq

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The celebration for Saddam Hussein's 62nd birthday. Tikrit, Iraq.
Kurds celebrate Nawruz, the festival of spring, on the Little Zab, a tributary of the Tigris.
Fashion show at the Fashion Institue tracing Iraq's 6000 yr old history with the fashions that might have been worn in those ...
The world's cheapest gas, at ten cents a gallon, keeps traffic limping along in central Baghdad.
At dawn, Khadimain Mosque is shown in its full splendor.
Christian children pray in a home for impoverished families in Baghdad, Iraq.
Al Shurja Market, second hand goods.
Men sit down to eat at a restaurant in Iraq.
Weighed down with dinars, money changers stalk a Baghdad street where foreign journalists, merchants, and United Nations offi...
Desperate for money, a father turns to his sons, even a four-year-old, to hammer out chain links..
The expanse of low buildings in Mosul cannot have changed much since Marco's time.
Despite the happy occassion, war is never over for these wedding guests in Jundian, Iraq.
Wepons Bazaar-mostly small arms, grenades and rockets(used for river fishing they say.) Guns are everywhere in Kurdistan, ma...
Smugglers exchange U.N. food for plastic goods, carpets, etc.... Baruen
In the Old City the traditional architecture crumbles from neglect.
Children's games beneath the magnificent spiral minaret in Samarra, 1100 years old.
Martyrs Statues on the Shtl al Arab River, 61 soldiers pointing to Iran. Built in 1989 after the war, name and date of death ...
An amputee relearns the ability to walk by walking along a path in a Prosthesis Center.
The Ancient Babylon Ruins were part of the city of Mesopotamia and are 59 miles southwest of Baghdad.
Observatory used as military outpost.
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Iraq's main port on the gulf. U.N. food for oil program. Umm Qasr
The city of contains Palm Plantations and is located between Iran and Kuwait.
The Abbasiya Shrine is the most sacred in Iraq. Kerbala
Young boys hammer out chain links to help make money. Baghdad
A man and woman converse at the Khassin Asahil Stock Market. Baghdad, Iraq.
A car repair area is filled with tools and gadgets. Baghdad, Iraq.
The Khassin Asahil Stock Market uses the method of writing which differs from the modern day uses of computers. Baghdad, Iraq.
WFP Warehouse /U.N. food for oil program. Erbil
Money Traders exchange Dinar in Salaimnya, Iraq.
The Kadhimain Mosque has an affiliation with Shia Islam. Baghdad, Iraq.
A busy road, full of cars and different means of transportation. Baghdad, Iraq.
Al Shurja Market, second hand goods. Baghdad Iraq
A building stands alone in the Old city of Basra.
Two people pose for a picture outside their home in Sulaymaniah, Iraq.
PDK (People's Demacratic Kurdistan) Militia. Everyone owns a gun in Kurdistan soldiers and civilians.
The celebration for Sadam Hussein's birthday. Baghdad, Iraq.
Battle statue of Saddam stands amidst pieces of U.S. missle. Baghdad, Iraq.
Saddam Hussein's birthday, women from volunter group are chanting. Tikrit, Iraq.
Children selling candy in Baghdad, Iraq.
Farmers in Khadamiya, growing parsley, palm, lettuce, and mint. Baghdad, Iraq.
Arrasad Al Hindia - Baghdad's most upscale shopping and entertainment street.
An open desert landscape in Iraq.
Spectators observe a game of Backgammon in Iraq.
Gathering of Iraqis in a village.
Iraqi boys peer through a car window.
Fruit on display in a market in Baghdad, Iraq.
3rd c BC Arabic city. Archaeologists have studied this site since 1951. Work has completely stopped due to lack of money 5 ...
Piramagroon Mountains, highest in the area. This traditional village is located 6000 ft up in this mountain chain. Zewia
Chomon area scenery. Major battlesite and the scene of great destruction during the Iran war, this area is sewn with 100's of...