J.B. Russell

Projects: Four Fingers in Iraq

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Iraqis in front of one of the ubiquitous portraits of Saddam Hussein on a Baghdad street.Baghdad, Iraq. Photo © J.B. Russell
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
A Kurdish family that was forcibly expelled from the strategically important oil-producing region of Kirkuk at the Bardaqaraman camp for displaced people. Saddam Hussein's government has been conducting an "Arabization" program of the area by imprisoning and expelling Kurds and moving Arab Iraqis into the region.Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan.Photo © J.B. Russell
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
The body of an 18 year old boy who was shot by American soldiers at a Baghdad check point while riding in a car with his father is brought to the vast Shiite cemetary in the holy city of Najaf for burial.Najaf, Iraq.Photo © J.B. Russell
  
A family mourns an 18 year old boy who was shot by American soldiers at a Baghdad check point while riding in a car with his father at the vast Shiite cemetary in the holy city of Najaf for burial.Najaf, Iraq.Photo © J.B. Russell
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
The Ayatollah Muhammad Bakr al-Hakim, spiritual leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, returning to the holy city of Najaf after 23 years of exile in Iran.Najaf, Iraq.Photo © J.B. Russell