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United States marks the end of Operation New Dawn - Iraq

Gen. Lloyd James Austin III, commander, United States Forces-Iraq, and Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph R. Allen, case the USF-I flag during a flag casing...

by Def VID in Iraq on 15/12/2011

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Man's best friend during the Iraq war

For the last six months Geri, the explosive detector dog and Senior Airman Stephen Hanks, have been supporting Operation New Dawn by providing...

by Def VID in Iraq on 11/12/2011

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Contingency Operating Station Kalsu, Babil Province

Contingency Operating Station (COS) Kalsu is the latest US base to be handed over to Iraqi Security Forces. Only three bases remain under US control...

by Sean Carberry in Iraq on 05/12/2011

15/12/2011 - United States marks the end of Operation New Dawn - Iraq - Iraq - Gen. Lloyd James Austin III, commander...
11/12/2011 - Man's best friend during the Iraq war - Iraq - For the last six months Geri, the...
05/12/2011 - Contingency Operating Station Kalsu, Babil Province - Iraq - Contingency Operating Station (COS)...
15/10/2011 - New Leaders - Iraq - 
Did it ever cross your mind, having an...
01/10/2011 - Disability in Iraq - Arbil - Iraq - Hama is one of thousands of children...
29/09/2011 - At least two dead in suicide blast in Kirkuk - Iraq - The scene of attack in which a suicide...
12/09/2011 - Kurdish life on the Iraq/Iran border - Iraq - The Kurdish people, or Kurds, are an...
07/09/2011 - Kurds protest against Turkish and Iranian Shelling - Iraq - Demonstration against Turkish and...
24/08/2011 - Demonstration in front of the Turkish Consulate in Arbil/Erbil - Iraq - Demonstration in front of the Turkish...
18/08/2011 - Kurdish families leave villages as Turkish bombardment intensifies - Iraq - Dozens of Kurdish families have...

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United States marks the end of Operation New Dawn - Iraq
Gen. Lloyd James Austin III, commander, United States Forces-Iraq, and Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph R. Allen, case the USF-I flag during a flag casing ceremony that marked the end of Operat...
Man's best friend during the Iraq war
For the last six months Geri, the explosive detector dog and Senior Airman Stephen Hanks, have been supporting Operation New Dawn by providing explosive and psychological deterrence. Ir...
Contingency Operating Station Kalsu, Babil Province
Contingency Operating Station (COS) Kalsu is the latest US base to be handed over to Iraqi Security Forces. Only three bases remain under US control. Hilla, Iraq. 5th December 2011
The Smile Project
A photo project focusing on smiles within towns and villages in Iraqi-Kurdistan. Raniya, Iraq. Images taken over the period between 2008-2010.
New Leaders

Did it ever cross your mind, having an animal to be representing you in politics and which you can vote for in an election? Did you ever think of having an Animal President?
Disability in Iraq - Arbil
Hama is one of thousands of children with a disability in Iraq. Disability in the country is high, with an estimated five million without care. NGO's within Iraq are currently expl...
Kurds protest against Turkish and Iranian Shelling
Demonstration against Turkish and Iranian shelling after the destruction of a village. Erbil, Iraq. 7th September 2011
At least two dead in suicide blast in Kirkuk
The scene of attack in which a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden truck near a bank in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing at least two people and wounding around 60 o...
Kurdish life on the Iraq/Iran border
The Kurdish people, or Kurds, are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Tur...
Amna Suraka Museum - Saddam's torture cells
Amna Suraka operated from 1979 until 1991 as a “secret” prison, where the Baath regime had interrogated, tortured and killed Kurdish prisoners. Iraq. 7th September 2011
Demonstration in front of the Turkish Consulate in Arbil/Erbil
Demonstration in front of the Turkish Consulate in Arbil/Erbil, against the Turkish shelling of Kurdistan's areas, demanding the end of military operations and an apology for killi...
Mud oven in Kirkuk
Four groups of people have worked for almost 20 years with this kiln, it is not more than 300 meters devoid into four places. Kirkut, Iraq. 19th August 2011
Kurdish families leave villages as Turkish bombardment intensifies
Dozens of Kurdish families have deserted their villages in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan’s Qandil mountains due to Turkish bombardment of their areas, under charges of chasing the positions...
Official Opening Ceremony of U.S. Consulate in Erbil
Massoud Barzani (L), Iraqi Kurdistan Region's President, and Alexander Laskaris (R), U.S. Consul in Iraqi Kurdistan, and James F. Jeffrey (RR), U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, during offi...
Kurdistan - refugee camp Suleimanyah.
Iragi refugees seek shelter in Kursistan.
Demonstrations against corruption held in Kursdistan
Demonstrations are held against corruption in Sulaimanyah, the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq.
The beauty in Iraq
The beauty in Iraq
PKK Guerilla in Iraq
PKK (Kurdish Workers Party) warriors exercising guerilla tactics in the Quandil Mountains near the Iranian border Northern Iraq. Quandil mountains, Iraq. 04/09/10.
Iraqi people protest Saudi invasion of Bahrain -  Karbala
Crowd protesting against the Saudi invasion of Bahrain. Karbala, Bahrain. 16/03/2011
An exhibition in memory of the victims of the Halabja massacre
The memorial remembers the thousands of people who were killed by gas attacks by Saddam Hussein’s regime on March 16, 1988 in the Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan. Halabja. Ir...