The Transition In Iraq
Kirkuk, 2010
A boy runs away from a wall of smoke and fire during a protest 20 miles north of Kirkuk in Iraq's Kurdish region on Friday, August 13, 2010. Demonstrators protesting the lack of electricity in Iraq's rural areas burned tires in the road. Long-term frustrations with the new government's failure to provide basic services such as clean water, electricity and public sanitation have reached a boiling point this month. The road block is one of many that have sprung up all over the country, coinciding with the draw-down of United States forces and the Muslim observance of Ramadan.
Kisrah Bombing
A bag of feet and other body parts rests on the floor of Baghdad Hospital on Thursday, July 9, 2009 after a bombing in Baghdad's Kisra area. Because there is no emergency medical response to most bombings, witnesses collect body parts and stuff them into taxi cabs with the victims. Doctors match body parts with their owners at the hospital.
Operation Legion Pursuit
A United States soldier holds a position while US targets are hit by missile fire in the distance in Diyala province on Monday, March 23, 2009. The soldier was part of an air-assault mission outside the city of Ba'Quaba that destroyed several al-Qaeda bunkers.
Displaced
Displaced Aaras Island children leave their encampment on Monday, May 25, 2009. Hundreds of displaced families have taken refuge on the Tigris River island, building houses out of garbage and the remains of abandoned buildings since sectarian violence divided the capital in 2006.
Iraqi Ham
An Iraqi Army soldier dances for the camera in a room full of shoes that once belonged to Iraqi refugees squatting in Amiriyah on Saturday, April 18, 2009. American military trainers often described Iraqi soldiers as undisciplined and divided along sectarian lines.
Elder's Advice
A sheik, right, discusses tribal matters with a member of his tribe at a gathering in Bayji in February 2009. Generally, families who have lost someone to sectarian violence take their case to their local tribal leader or sheik.
The sheik representing the family-at-loss meets with others representing the accused to discuss guilt and compensation. Most of the time, money is collected from the "guilty" party's tribe and offered to the family-at-loss as recompense.
If the family-at-loss refuses to accept the amount, the "guilty" party will expect retribution. Several of these cases are being discussed in this room.
Electricity Protest
Men circle a wall of smoke and fire during a protest 20 miles north of Kirkuk in Iraq's Kurdish region on Friday, August 13, 2010. Demonstrators protesting the lack of electricity in Iraq's rural areas burned tires in the road. Long-term frustrations with the new government's failure to provide basic services such as clean water, electricity and public sanitation have reached a boiling point this month. The road block is one of many that have sprung up all over the country, coinciding with the draw-down of United States forces and the Muslim observance of Ramadan.
Electricity Protest 2
A man wears a gas mask during a protest 20 miles north of Kirkuk in Iraq's Kurdish region on Friday, August 13, 2010. Demonstrators protesting the lack of electricity in Iraq's rural areas burned tires in the road. Long-term frustrations with the new government's failure to provide basic services such as clean water, electricity and public sanitation have reached a boiling point this month. The road block is one of many that have sprung up all over the country, coinciding with the draw-down of United States forces and the Muslim observance of Ramadan.
Sheeps Head for Soup
Dried sheep heads, the main ingredient in a popular soup, are on display at Baghdad's Alawi Market on Sunday, January 18, 2009. With its narrow streets and shadowy shops, Alawi is one of the Iraqi capital's most authentic-feeling marketplaces, but the threat of violence and kidnappings keep it closed-off to foreigners.
Swimming Hole
A Kurdish man oversees children swimming in a private pool near the city of Zahko in northern Iraq on Sunday, September 12, 2010. Much of Iraq's Kurdish region remained untouched by war violence throughout the country's decade-long occupation by the United States.
Football Fever
Hamed Faher, 8, juggles a football near his family's makeshift dwelling underneath the Jahadriyah Bridge in Baghdad on Sunday, June 14, 2009. The Iraqi national football team played South Africa this evening. The displaced families living under the bridge have been gripped by football-fever since sunrise.
Disabled Orphans
Mentally disabled children wait for food in a makeshift facility in Baghdad's Yarmouk district on Saturday, June 6, 2009. Iraq's special-needs population suffered over the last ten years of war. Many of the facilities that housed people with special needs were destroyed and many families fled the country leaving their disabled children behind.
Electricity Protest 5
A boy skirts a wall of smoke and fire during a protest 20 miles north of Kirkuk in Iraq's Kurdish region on Friday, August 13, 2010. Demonstrators protesting the lack of electricity in Iraq's rural areas burned tires in the road. Long-term frustrations with the new government's failure to provide basic services such as clean water, electricity and public sanitation have reached a boiling point this month. The road block is one of many that have sprung up all over the country, coinciding with the draw-down of United States forces and the Muslim observance of Ramadan.
Atrocity Museum
Wax bodies lay strewn in one of many sculpture installations within the black marble memorial located on the outskirts of the farming town of Halabja on Monday, August 30, 2010 in Iraq's Kurdish region. Fearing Kurdish separatist activity, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein unleashed Sarin gas on Halabja on March 16, 1988. The strike killed over 5,000 men, women and children in a matter of hours.
Electricity Protest 8
A boy stands before a wall of smoke and fire created during a protest 20 miles north of Kirkuk in Iraq's Kurdish region on Friday, August 13, 2010. Demonstrators protesting the lack of electricity in Iraq's rural areas burned tires in the road. Long-term frustrations with the new government's failure to provide basic services such as clean water, electricity and public sanitation have reached a boiling point this month. The road block is one of many that have sprung up all over the country, coinciding with the draw-down of United States forces and the Muslim observance of Ramadan.
Sheik Meeting 5
A local sheik prays during a tribal gathering in Bayji in February 2009. Generally, families who have lost someone to sectarian violence take their case to their local tribal leader or sheik.
The sheik representing the family-at-loss meets with others representing the accused to discuss guilt and compensation. Most of the time, money is collected from the "guilty" party's tribe and offered to the family-at-loss as recompense.
If the family-at-loss refuses to accept the amount, the "guilty" party will expect retribution. Several of these cases are being discussed in this room.
Sheik Meeting 6
Three sheiks pose for a photo while discussing tribal matters with a member of his tribe at a gathering in Bayji in February 2009.
Generally, families who have lost someone to sectarian violence take their case to their local tribal leader or sheik.
The sheik representing the family-at-loss meets with others representing the accused to discuss guilt and compensation. Most of the time, money is collected from the "guilty" party's tribe and offered to the family-at-loss as recompense.
If the family-at-loss refuses to accept the amount, the "guilty" party will expect retribution. Several of these cases are being discussed in this room.
Air Assault 10
United States soldiers guard positions in the desert in Diyala province on Monday March 23, 2009. As part of Operation Legion Pursuit, the United States Army surrounded and destroyed a series of bunkers dug into river banks and inhabited by al-Qaeda members.
Sheik Meeting 7
Local sheiks discuss tribal matters with a member of his tribe at a gathering in Bayji in February 2009.
Generally, families who have lost someone to sectarian violence take their case to their local tribal leader or sheik.
The sheik representing the family-at-loss meets with others representing the accused to discuss guilt and compensation. Most of the time, money is collected from the "guilty" party's tribe and offered to the family-at-loss as recompense.
If the family-at-loss refuses to accept the amount, the "guilty" party will expect retribution. Several of these cases are being discussed in this room.
Air Assault 15
United States soldiers guard positions in the desert in Diyala province on Monday March 23, 2009. As part of Operation Legion Pursuit, the United States Army surrounded and destroyed a series of bunkers dug into river banks and inhabited by al-Qaeda members.
Sheik Meeting 17
An interpreter translates for US Army Lt. Col. Raul Gonzalez as he speaks with sheiks discussing tribal matters with a member of his tribe at a gathering in Bayji in February 2009.
Generally, families who have lost someone to sectarian violence take their case to their local tribal leader or sheik.
The sheik representing the family-at-loss meets with others representing the accused to discuss guilt and compensation. Most of the time, money is collected from the "guilty" party's tribe and offered to the family-at-loss as recompense.
If the family-at-loss refuses to accept the amount, the "guilty" party will expect retribution. Several of these cases are being discussed in this room.
Electricity Protest 40
Men group together chanting within a wall of smoke and fire during a protest 20 miles north of Kirkuk in Iraq's Kurdish region on Friday, August 13, 2010. Demonstrators protesting the lack of electricity in Iraq's rural areas burned tires in the road. Long-term frustrations with the new government's failure to provide basic services such as clean water, electricity and public sanitation have reached a boiling point this month. The road block is one of many that have sprung up all over the country, coinciding with the draw-down of United States forces and the Muslim observance of Ramadan.
