Getty Images’ Most Memorable Photos From The Iraq War
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#1 : BAGHDAD, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. Army 1st. Sgt. Kenny Power from Lajas, Puerto Rico (not seen) watches television as US President George W. Bush makes an address concerning the war September 14, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. Power watches the address live via satellite television at the Joint Security Station Maverick in Baghdad, Iraq. Power is from Bravo Company of the 2-12 Cavalry Regiment based in Fort Bliss, Texas. Bush announced a withdrawl of about 20,000 troops from Iraq by July 2008. (John Moore/Getty)
#2 : HIT, IRAQ - AUGUST 24: A young boy waves as U.S. Marines from India Company 3rd Battalion 25th Marine Regiment patrol August 24, 2005 in Hit, Iraq. The Marines from India 3/25, a reserve unit from Buffalo, New York, are tasked with rooting out insurgents in the north and eastern section of Hit and surrounding suburbs along with soldiers from the Iraqi Army. (Scott Olsen/Getty)
#3 : HILLAH, IRAQ - MAY 14: A woman cries out the name of her missing son as U.S. Marines search for evidence at a mass grave on May 14, 2003 in Hillah, Iraq. At least 2,000 bodies have been dug out at the site making it the largest mass grave discovered in Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime. (Mario Tama/Getty)
#4 : TAL AFAR, IRAQ - JANUARY 18: Samar Hassan, 5, screams after her parents were killed by U.S. Soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division in a shooting January 18, 2005 in Tal Afar, Iraq. The troops fired on the Hassan family car when it unwittingly approached them during a dusk patrol in the tense northern Iraqi town. Parents Hussein and Camila Hassan were killed instantly, and a son Racan, 11, was seriously wounded in the abdomen. Racan, paralyzed from the waist down, was treated later in the U.S. (Chris Hondros/Getty)
This last picture was...reason I couldn’t sleep properly
last one gets to me. No child...that age should experience something so traumatic
#4, i just want to hold her…. fucking sad. as much as i appreciate our troops, those bastards…
last one just breaks my heart. Her parents were killed for no reason. Here’s...article I...