Photographs From Iraq: July 15 - 29, 2005

The epidemic killing of civilians continues without pause; oil workers and doctors strike; and a riot at Bagram. (PFI has again been backlogged and divided due to problems with computers.)

Photographs From Iraq: July 15 - 29, 2005


Here’s an interesting and instructive case. On an unofficial military website, this photo, along with others, was trumpeted as part of an “Iraqi march against terrorism” in Qayarrah on July 5th. Fair enough – but did they even bother to read the English banners? “al-Juboor’s tribe with other tribes ask the Coalition Forces to release my [illegible] Mutlab Salih al-Jupoori who is now in prison with the Coalition Forces” One might take note that the same website refers to the resistance as "animals".


The site of a suicide bombing against commando recruits in Baghdad, from July 2


Ibrahim Mohammed lies in a hospital bed in Baghdad on July 15. On his shirt is a tag installed by U.S. soldiers, who shot him, then gave him first aid, then sent him on his way in a taxi.


Ramadan Aziiz, an Iraqi cop, was also in a hospital. He was wounded in one of at least nine suicide carbombings that targeted U.S. soldiers in the capital that day.


Captured resistance fighters and their Iraqi guards near Baghdad, July 16.


A suicide bomber detonated next to a liquefied gas truck directly in front of a Shia mosque in Mussayib on July 17, causing it to explode and killing more than 80 people. There was no one but civilians around.


Sajidah Ali was wounded in one of three bomb attacks in Baghdad that day.


On July 17 15,000 workers at the state-owned Southern Oil Company in Basra went on strike, suspending oil exports for at least four hours. Here, the building is deserted. The strike was supposedly called by the regional governor who wants more oil revenue for the Basra region, but it seemed to be supported by nearly everyone, including workers wanting better pay and a better standard of living. Even the company spokesman warned the Baghdad government to heed the striker’s demands.


A checkpoint in Baghdad, also on the 17th.


Doctors at Baghdad’s al-Yarmuk hospital went on strike on the 19th, after an Iraqi soldier opened fire in the emergency room while arguing with doctors the night before. The same thing happened a few months ago as well, when soldiers demanded preferential treatment over civilians.


Women protest in Baghdad on the 20th to demand that their human rights be protected by the new constitution. The NYT reported that a draft of the constitution deferred to Islamic law to the extent that Shia women, for instance, would not be able to marry without their family’s permission


Also on the 20th, Americans ‘attacked a truck’ in Mosul, setting a fire that burned several cars. No more information was available.


Oil sab near Beiji, July 21


An unidentified Iraqi who was shot, along with his brother by U.S. soldiers in Baghdad, same day at al-Yarmuk hospital. He said his brother was killed.


Eleven year-old Noor is held back by relatives at the funeral of her father, an assassinated police colonel, in Kirkuk July 24


Also that day, a suicide bomber attempted to hit a police station with a 500-pound truck bomb, but was said to detonate 75 meters short of the target. At least 20 people were killed – mostly civilians.


On July 25, near the southern border town of Umm Qasr, hundreds of Iraqis dismantled a barrier installed by Kuwait in Iraqi territory to mark and protect oil-drilling propects.


Things have been heating up in Afghanistan lately, with as many as two dozen American soldiers killed in the last month. On July 26, thousands of Afghans rioted at the main U.S. base in the country, Bagram, hurling rocks at humvees and attempting to break down the gate. The demonstration, which was sparked by the arrests of several locals by the Americans, ended only when soldiers began firing in the air.


Someone attacked Baghdad’s main bus station with mortars on July 27, killing at least two people.


Same day, a funeral was held for Raad Mahani al-Bawi, an ‘intelligence officer’ who was assassinated in Basra.


A train carrying fuel to a refinery was hit with a bomb, killing two people, in Baghdad’s al-Dora neighborhood on the 28th.


A man identified only as Nasser, center, is held after finding out of the death of his son Mohammed Nasser who died from bullet wounds during a checkpoint shooting Friday, July 29, 2005, in Baqouba 60 kms (35 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Muhsin)


On July 29 in Baghdad, Sunni Muslims held a large protest to condemn the brutality of U.S. soldiers and their Iraqi protégés. The posters show a man who was tortured to death by the police.



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Photos from Iraq Archives:

July 1 - 14

June 13 – 28

May 27 – June 12

May 12-25

May 4 – 11

April 26 – May 3

April 13 - 24

March 28—April 10

March 21--27

March 12--20

March 1–11

February 21--28

February 11--20

February 3--10

January 25 – Feb 1

January 15--24

January 3--14

November 23--Dec 6 (2004)

November 16 – 24

November 13–18
September 25--Nov 10

September 1-21

(some photos may be broken due to external sites moving images around)

selected sources:
Yahoo Iraq photos
Getty Images (type ‘Iraq’ and re-search)
Crisis pictures
TheNausea.com
Dahr Jamail
Cryptome
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