Kate Brooks

Iraq

A Peshmerga soldier takes to the mountains to fight Al Qaeda splinter group, Ansar al Islam, along side U.S. Special Forces.
   
Peshmerga soldiers stand over a body of a member of Ansar al Islam killed by U.S. Special Forces near the Iraq-Iran border.
   
Peshmerga soldiers watch U.S. Special Forces fight Ansar al Islam on the Iraq-Iran border.
     
  
U.S. Special Forces call in air strikes on retreating members of Ansar al Islam on the Iraq-Iran border.
  
Following U.S. missile strikes, the Islamic extremist group Ansar al Islam killed two Kurdish soldiers and an Australian journalist, Paul Moran, when a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at a check point.
  
     
  
The bodies of five slain memebers of an Ansar al Islam splinter group lay on the ground before being taken away.
  
Kurdish authorities remove the bodies of five slain memebers of an Ansar al Islam splinter group at the Tasluga check point 20 km outside of Sulaimani in Kurdistan.
  
Kurdish authorities remove the bodies of five slain memebers of an Ansar al Islam splinter group at the Tasluga check point 20 km outside of Sulaimani in Kurdistan.
     
  
The body of a Baath party member lies in the streets after being lynched by locals. The Baath party office burns in the background after being ransacked
   
Locals gather around the body of a slain Syrian fighter who was shot to death by residents the day the city of Kirkuk fell.
   
U.S. Marines secure buildings as they enter Saddam's stronghold of Tikrit.
     
  
Amal Abdullah Mosul, with son, Yamour, age 7, searches for information about her missing husband, Hussain Ali Jihad, who was formerly a Brigadier in the Iraqi army. Hussain went missing on July 8.
  
After a U.S. checkpoint shooting in which five civilians were killed, the corner shopkeeper slaughtered a sheep and marked his generator with his bloody handprints asking God for his protection.
  
An Iraqi family grieves the loss of a loved one following the bombing of UN headquarters.
     
  
An Iraqi family grieves the loss of a loved one following the bombing of UN headquarters.
   
Nearly 135 people were killed in a car bombing at the Imam Ali Shrine, one of the holiest sites for Shia Muslims. The attack targeted a prominent Shia cleric and occurred as the faithful were leaving after Friday prayers.
   
A boy lies on the hospital floor waiting for medical treatment after a car bombing at the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf.
     
  
Iraqi refugees earn between $25-$20 night for dancing and entertaining customers. Just a few years ago the outskirts of Damascus were no more than a desert. Since the invasion of Iraq, night clubs have sprouted up by the dozen and Syria has become a destination for sex tourism in the Middle East.
  
Illegal Iraqi refugees wait in Jordan for asylum status in fear of deportation.
  
Layla Salman and her husband fled Iraq with their remaining children after two of thier daughters were shot dead for working with the American military. Pictures of the two deceased daughters hang over the mattresses where they sleep while waiting for asylum.
     
  
Chiria fled Baghdad for Kurdistan after her son was shot dead.
  
For many displaced Iraqis Father Ammanuel Istafan Issa al Bana, the only Iraqi priest in Jordan, is their only source of support.
   
An Iraqi family from Basra registers themselves as refugees at the UNHCR centre in Damascus. Their four-year-old daughter has tumours on her spine that are believed to be cancerous. Unable to find proper medical treatment in Iraq, the family left the country. The use of depleted uranium in the first Gulf War by US forces has lead to high rates of cancer.
     
  
Bremer was named after Paul Bremer. His family fled to Syria after his father was kidnapped for working with the Americans. A ransom of $30,000 was paid for his release.