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Iraq, 2004

These images were made during two trips that I took to Iraq in 2004 with Portland Press Herald columnist Bill Nemitz. Both times, we were embedded with the 133rd Engineer Battalion of the Maine Army National Guard. All photographs are copyright, Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram.
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Kurdish women and children wave to soldiers as a convoy passes through their small village in Irbil Province.
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Kurdish women and children wave to soldiers as a convoy passes through their small village in Irbil Province.

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  • On the lookout while convoying through Ambush Alley in Mosul, Iraq.
  • Memorial service for a soldier killed in a roadside bomb explosion.
  • Waiting out the mortars in a protective C-bunker at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul.
  • A shepherd waves to a passing convoy in northern Iraq.
  • Kurdish men sit against the wall of a tea shop during a break for tea in Dohuk.
  • With his command of English, Ricky, center, is the envy of other boys in Dohuk.
  • A Muslim man fingers his prayer beads in the market in Dohuk.
  • Soldiers sing Silent Night during a midnight mass on Christmas Day in Mosul.
  • Caroling during Christmas Eve at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul.
  • Arab refugees living in an abandoned Iraqi army base in Mosul.
  • A hose from buildings up the hill provides this girl and other refugees in her Mosul encampment with water for drinking and washing.
  • Using a plasma torch to up-iron a truck for protection against roadside bombs.
  • Getting ready to convoy through Irbil province.
  • Kurdish women and children wave to soldiers as a convoy passes through their small village in Irbil Province.
  • Kurdish women and men participate in a traditional dance during a wedding in Irbil Province.
  • Kurdish boys look in amazement at a picture of themselves displayed on the back of a digital camera.
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