Christoph Bangert

Editorial, 2009

Frieden im Irak

An elderly woman is mourning her dead relatives at the site of the suicide bomb attack in Karada. A woman wearing a suicide belt exploded herself in the Karada district of Baghdad as dozens of people lined up at a food giveaway, killing 28, including 12 po

irak, bombenanschlag, trauernde frau

Ahmed Zuhair is holding a nameless child. While he was in the hospital's emgergency room looking for missing relatives overwhelmed hospital staff asked him to take care of the unaccompanied child and he volunteered to do so. It was not known who the child

irak, bombenanschlag, verletztes kind

At the sixth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad the Sadr movement and other organizations staged a mass protest against the American occupation of Iraq in Firdos Square in central Baghdad.

irak, anti-amerika protest, sadr bewegung

Jenan Hassan mit ihrer Tochter Roqaiya, 3 Jahre. Jenan Hassan’s Mann Waleed Abbas Ali ist als vermisst gemeldet, die Familie nimmt aber an, dass er im Krieg z.B. durch eine Autobombe ums Leben kam. Seine Leiche wurde nie gefunden. Ungefähr 10,000 Iraker s

irak, kriegswitwe

Emad Shethar, 29, a wounded militiaman of the Latifiya Awakening Council who is treated in the general hospital in Hillah and was in critical condition. The young doctor that had just resuscitated the man said in broken English without emotion:

irak, bombenanschlag, verletzter mann

The feet of Faleh Turki, 30, a wounded militiaman of the Latifiya Awakening Council who is treated in the general hospital in Hillah. His feet and hands were tied to the bed. He seemed to be in great pain. A suicide bomber struck as militiamen from a l

irak, bombenanschlag, verletzter mann

The girl who refused to marry the neighbor's son, who as a response planted an IED in front of his own house, across the street from the girl's family and then accused the girl's family of having planted it. The girl's family is Sunni, their neighbors

irak, bombenanschlag aus eifersucht

At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Monument in Baghdad during a dust storm. Like most monuments and palaces in present day Iraq, the monument was built under Saddam Hussein's regime. An Iraqi Army guard is showing American soldiers around.

irak, amerikanische soldaten, sandsturm

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Titel der Arbeit
Frieden im Irak
Publikation
The New York Times