Saturday, January 7, 2012

RG2011... Iraq on the eve of 2012 (36 photos)

 

2011 came to an end, freeing the Iraqi people from Saddam Hussein's regime and of American troops. Since 1979 the country was under Saddam Hussein. December 15, 2011 officially ended the American occupation, which lasted 8 years. Compared with 2006 levels of violence and brutality in the country has declined, but the withdrawal of American troops has led to that observed in Iraq again tense. 4487 Americans have died in Iraq, exact data on the population of Iraqis killed - no. By some estimates, killed about 100,000 Iraqis. At present, there has been a number of issues, including: problem with water, electricity, sectarian fighting, war battered infrastructure. In this collection - photos from Iraq on the eve of 2012. The last four photos were taken by Shannon Stapleton, who learned from local residents about their hopes for next year after the withdrawal of U.S. troops.



1. A man smokes a hookah in one of the institutions in the street Mutanabi in Bangkok. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)


2. 25-year-old Lana Koshabaan founded the company with the taxi drivers only female in the city of Arbil. In her company's fleet is dominated by black cars with the inscription «PNK TAXI." In the photo: girl with a passenger cab driver in Arbil. (Azad Lashkari / Reuters)


3. Nine-year Yasser Yassin left school and continues to work in a garage in Baghdad. (Saad Shalash / Reuters)


4. The girl at an amusement park in Baghdad. (Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)


5. Nearly 10% of the female population of Baghdad - a widow. In the photo: a woman with children at a camp for widows. (Mohammed Ameen / Reuters)


6. Widow seamstress in Sadr City. About 2 million women of Iraq are the main breadwinners in their families. (Kareem Raheem / Reuters)


7. Women at work at the creamery in Karbala. (Mushtaq Muhammed / Reuters)


8. In June 2004, Iraq began its work in Baghdad Stock Exchange. In the photo: Investors on the Stock Exchange. (Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)


9. Anti-American figure in the exhibition in Karbala. (Mohammed Sawaf / AFP / Getty Images)


10. Bishop Shlemon Varduni a Christmas service in the Christian church of the Virgin Mary in Baghdad. According Varduni, the number of Christians in Iraq after U.S. troops in 2003 was halved. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)


11. A resident of Baghdad on a motorcycle in the area of ​​Karrada. (Saad Shalash / / Reuters)


12. Wholesale market Shurdzha - the oldest and largest market in Baghdad. There were repeated terrorist attack. In the photo: a woman with a baby on the market Shurdzha. (Saad Shalash / / Reuters)


13. Women on the market in Fallujah. According to the Iraqis, the Americans destroyed infrastructure, homes riddled with bullets. After their invasion has increased dramatically the incidence. (Mohanned Faisal / Reuters)


14. A man stands next to the books in the street Mutanabi in Baghdad. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)


15. Fishmonger in the market in Baghdad. (Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)


16. The martyrdom of the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala in 680 is traditionally celebrated during Ashura. In the photo: the people of Baghdad are preparing food for the Ashura pilgrimage. (Saad Shalash / Reuters)


17. Selling spices in the market in Baghdad. . (Mohammed Ameen / Reuters)


18. Shop traditional copper products made by hand. (Mohammed Ameen / Reuters)


19. Sale of Christmas gifts in Baghdad. (Saad Shalash / Reuters)


20. A man fishes in the river Tigris. (Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)


21. Twilight in Baghdad. (Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)


22. Iraqi athletes to play soccer. (Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)


23. The protest at the government building in Baquba against the proclamation of the Diyala province autonomous. (Stringer / Reuters)


24. Joy Iraqi soldiers at the end of the exercise at a military base in Baghdad, Basma. (Mohammed Ameen / Reuters)


25. Celebrating 7th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Police. In the photo: members of the order EOD robot with remote control. (Saad Shalash / Reuters)


26. The boy near the site of attack in Baghdad on December 22. 40 people have died as a result of ten bombings orchestrated the Sunni opposition. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)


27. Wounded in the attack a man in a hospital in Baghdad. (Kareem Raheem / Reuters)


28. Almost every day, Iraq is shaken by the explosions. In the photo: ruined church in the center of Kirkuk. (Ako Rasheed / Reuters)


29. Iraqi security forces arrested militants who are suspected of blowing up the pipeline. (Atef Hassan / Reuters)


30. In September 2011, gunmen killed 22 Shiite pilgrims traveling to Karbala from Syria. In the photo: one of the militants. (Azhar Shallal / AFP / Getty Images)


31. The boy was taken away from the gunman accused of killing his father during sectarian massacres in 2006-2007. (Saad Shalash / Reuters)


32. Excavations at a mass grave in the desert, found recently near the Anbar province. In 2006-2007, went missing or were killed tens of thousands of Iraqis. (Ali al-Mashhadani/Reuters)


33. 12-year-old Haider Herar the question "What do you expect from the future after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq," said: "I do not think we will have more problems, and it's better than when Saddam was alive. At my school there is no heat and light. I do not think anything will change for the better. " (Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)


34. At the same question about the future of Iraq without U.S. troops said 18-year-old Roaua Mansoor: "I was a child, when the Americans came. I walked around the streets of one of the soldiers and was photographed with them, they talked with me. They gave me pencils and textbooks. Hopefully, everything will change for the better, but security remains a major problem here. " (Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)


35. A former security guard, now unemployed 23-year Isabey Najam said: "I think that now everything will be even worse. When the Americans leave, the Iraqi army can not fight al-Qaeda. Even when there were Americans, they could not stop the attacks, and the Iraqis, too, can not. " (Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)


36. 63-year-old fisherman Sa'ad Mosley to the question "What do you expect from the future after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq?" Said: "Today Iraq is more stable. I hope all is well. It all depends on God. In my neighborhood there is no electricity and water. We have to buy water for drinking. I hope nothing bad will happen. " (Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)

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