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Ten Years of Free Kurdistan in Iraq { 88 images } Created 12 Dec 2013

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  • CUKURCA, HAKKARI, TURKEY, 10.04.91. Kurdish refugees arrive in the refugeecamp near Cukurca, after they were attacked by the Iraqi Army during the Kurdish uprising against Saddam Houssein. The revolt occured at the end of the Gulf war when the Iraqi army was thought to be defeated. The refugees walked sometimes barefeet through the snow covered  mountains, to arrive in a camp with no facilities, no food, and no medical attention, and hostile Turkish soldiers. With Saddams soldiers chasing them they were collected in camps on the Turkish border. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages<br />
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fleeing, war, victims, agony, defeated, exhausted, pain, civilians, aid, food, distribution, relief
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  • CUKURCA, HAKKARI, TURKEY, 10.04.91. Kurdish refugees arrive in the refugeecamp near Cukurca, after they were attacked by the Iraqi Army during the Kurdish uprising against Saddam Houssein. The revolt occured at the end of the Gulf war when the Iraqi army was thought to be defeated. The refugees walked sometimes barefeet through the snow covered  mountains, to arrive in a camp with no facilities, no food, and no medical attention, and hostile Turkish soldiers. With Saddams soldiers chasing them they were collected in camps on the Turkish border. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages<br />
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fleeing, war, victims, agony, defeated, exhausted, pain, civilians, aid, food, distribution, relief
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  • CUKURCA, HAKKARI, TURKEY, 10.04.91. Kurdish refugees arrive in the refugeecamp near Cukurca, after they were attacked by the Iraqi Army during the Kurdish uprising against Saddam Houssein. The revolt occured at the end of the Gulf war when the Iraqi army was thought to be defeated. The refugees walked sometimes barefeet through the snow covered  mountains, to arrive in a camp with no facilities, no food, and no medical attention, and hostile Turkish soldiers. With Saddams soldiers chasing them they were collected in camps on the Turkish border. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages<br />
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fleeing, war, victims, agony, defeated, exhausted, pain, civilians, aid, food, distribution, relief
    kurds03.jpg
  • CUKURCA, HAKKARI, TURKEY, 10.04.91. Kurdish refugees arrive in the refugeecamp near Cukurca, after they were attacked by the Iraqi Army during the Kurdish uprising against Saddam Houssein. The revolt occured at the end of the Gulf war when the Iraqi army was thought to be defeated. The refugees walked sometimes barefeet through the snow covered  mountains, to arrive in a camp with no facilities, no food, and no medical attention, and hostile Turkish soldiers. With Saddams soldiers chasing them they were collected in camps on the Turkish border. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages<br />
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fleeing, war, victims, agony, defeated, exhausted, pain, civilians, aid, food, distribution, relief
    kurds04.jpg
  • CUKURCA, HAKKARI, TURKEY, 10.04.91. Kurdish refugees arrive in the refugeecamp near Cukurca, after they were attacked by the Iraqi Army during the Kurdish uprising against Saddam Houssein. The revolt occured at the end of the Gulf war when the Iraqi army was thought to be defeated. The refugees walked sometimes barefeet through the snow covered  mountains, to arrive in a camp with no facilities, no food, and no medical attention, and hostile Turkish soldiers. With Saddams soldiers chasing them they were collected in camps on the Turkish border. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages<br />
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fleeing, war, victims, agony, defeated, exhausted, pain, civilians, aid, food, distribution, relief
    kurds05.jpg
  • CUKURCA, HAKKARI, TURKEY, 10.04.91. Kurdish refugees arrive in the refugeecamp near Cukurca, after they were attacked by the Iraqi Army during the Kurdish uprising against Saddam Houssein. The revolt occured at the end of the Gulf war when the Iraqi army was thought to be defeated. The refugees walked sometimes barefeet through the snow covered  mountains, to arrive in a camp with no facilities, no food, and no medical attention, and hostile Turkish soldiers. With Saddams soldiers chasing them they were collected in camps on the Turkish border. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages<br />
<br />
fleeing, war, victims, agony, defeated, exhausted, pain, civilians, aid, food, distribution, relief
    kurds06.jpg
  • CUKURCA, HAKKARI, TURKEY, 10.04.91. Kurdish refugees arrive in the refugeecamp near Cukurca, after they were attacked by the Iraqi Army during the Kurdish uprising against Saddam Houssein. The revolt occured at the end of the Gulf war when the Iraqi army was thought to be defeated. The refugees walked sometimes barefeet through the snow covered  mountains, to arrive in a camp with no facilities, no food, and no medical attention, and hostile Turkish soldiers. With Saddams soldiers chasing them they were collected in camps on the Turkish border. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages<br />
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fleeing, war, victims, agony, defeated, exhausted, pain, civilians, aid, food, distribution, relief
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  • SAID SADIQ, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 15.11.91. Kurdish refugees return from turkey to the designated UN Save Haven in Northern Iraq. They arrive in their hometown to find their homes destroyed by the Iraqi Army. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • QALAR, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 15.11.91. Kurdish refugees return from turkey to the designated UN Save Haven in Northern Iraq. They arrive in their hometown to find their homes destroyed by the Iraqi Army. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SAID SADIQ, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 15.11.91. Kurdish refugees return from turkey to the designated UN Save Haven in Northern Iraq. They arrive in their hometown to find their homes destroyed by the Iraqi Army. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SAID SADIQ, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 15.11.91. Kurdish refugees return from turkey to the designated UN Save Haven in Northern Iraq. They arrive in their hometown to find their homes destroyed by the Iraqi Army. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SAID SADIQ, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 15.11.91. Kurdish refugees return from turkey to the designated UN Save Haven in Northern Iraq. They arrive in their hometown to find their homes destroyed by the Iraqi Army. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds12.jpg
  • SAID SADIQ, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 15.11.91. Kurdish refugees return from turkey to the designated UN Save Haven in Northern Iraq. They arrive in their hometown to find their homes destroyed by the Iraqi Army. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds13.jpg
  • SAID SADIQ, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 15.11.91. Kurdish refugees return from turkey to the designated UN Save Haven in Northern Iraq. They arrive in their hometown to find their homes destroyed by the Iraqi Army. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SAID SADIQ, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 15.11.91. Kurdish refugees return from turkey to the designated UN Save Haven in Northern Iraq. They arrive in their hometown to find their homes destroyed by the Iraqi Army. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SHAQLAWA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 1994. Captain haji Muhammed commander of the armed forces of the Iraqi National Congress (INC). The INC is a coalition of all opposition to Saddam Houssein and is based in Northern Iraq. The goal of this CIA funded operation is to overthrow the Bagdad Regime by force and by propaganda.  ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SHAQLAWA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 1994. Captain haji Muhammed commander of the armed forces of the Iraqi National Congress (INC). The INC is a coalition of all opposition to Saddam Houssein and is based in Northern Iraq. The goal of this CIA funded operation is to overthrow the Bagdad Regime by force and by propaganda.  ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SHAQLAWA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 1994. Captain haji Muhammed commander of the armed forces of the Iraqi National Congress (INC). The INC is a coalition of all opposition to Saddam Houssein and is based in Northern Iraq. The goal of this CIA funded operation is to overthrow the Bagdad Regime by force and by propaganda.  ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SHAQLAWA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 1994. Captain haji Muhammed commander of the armed forces of the Iraqi National Congress (INC). The INC is a coalition of all opposition to Saddam Houssein and is based in Northern Iraq. The goal of this CIA funded operation is to overthrow the Bagdad Regime by force and by propaganda.  ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SHAQLAWA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, september 1996. A woman sits in the compound of the armed forces of the Iraqi National Congress (INC). The compound was about to be overrun by Iraqi Agents. The INC is a coalition of all opposition to Saddam Houssein and is based in Northern Iraq. The goal of this CIA funded operation is to overthrow the Bagdad Regime by force and by propaganda.  ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • ERBIL, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JUNE 1994. Armed forces of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) guard the Shireen Hotel where the leaders of the KDP and PUK hold peace negotiations . The INC is a coalition of all opposition to Saddam Houssein and is based in Northern Iraq. Kurdish factions have been fighting over control of the Kurdish Autonomous Region in Northern Iraq.  ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • QALA CHUALAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 1994.  Students march at the Kurdish Military Academy. The Military academy was an effort of the PUK and KDP to create a regular army and thus get recognition as an independent state by the international community. The academy broke up in 1995 after fighting between KDP an PUK broke out. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • QALA CHUALAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 1994.  Students march at the Kurdish Military Academy. The Military academy was an effort of the PUK and KDP to create a regular army and thus get recognition as an independent state by the international community. The academy broke up in 1995 after fighting between KDP an PUK broke out. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • BARZAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993.  Kurdish people bring their last salute to their great leader mullah Mustafa Barzani. Barzani was the leader of the KDP in the 70's and died in exile in Iran. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • BARZAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993.  Kurdish people bring their last salute to their great leader mullah Mustafa Barzani. Barzani was the leader of the KDP in the 70's and died in exile in Iran. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • BARZAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993.  Kurdish people bring their last salute to their great leader mullah Mustafa Barzani. Barzani was the leader of the KDP in the 70's and died in exile in Iran. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • BARZAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993.  Kurdish people bring their last salute to their great leader mullah Mustafa Barzani. Barzani was the leader of the KDP in the 70's and died in exile in Iran. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • BARZAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993.  Kurdish people bring their last salute to their great leader mullah Mustafa Barzani. Barzani was the leader of the KDP in the 70's and died in exile in Iran. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994.  Displaced Kurdish people from Kirkuk now live in very poor conditions after having been driven over the border by the Iraqi army. They now live in the torture chambers of the former Iraqi Muhabarat building. The headquarters of the secret intelligence service. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994.  Displaced Kurdish people from Kirkuk now live in very poor conditions after having been driven over the border by the Iraqi army. They now live in the torture chambers of the former Iraqi Muhabarat building. The headquarters of the secret intelligence service. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994.  Displaced Kurdish people from Kirkuk now live in very poor conditions after having been driven over the border by the Iraqi army. They now live in the torture chambers of the former Iraqi Muhabarat building. The headquarters of the secret intelligence service. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds31.jpg
  • SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994.  Displaced Kurdish people from Kirkuk now live in very poor conditions after having been driven over the border by the Iraqi army. They now live in the torture chambers of the former Iraqi Muhabarat building. The headquarters of the secret intelligence service. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994.  Displaced Kurdish people from Kirkuk now live in very poor conditions after having been driven over the border by the Iraqi army. They now live in the torture chambers of the former Iraqi Muhabarat building. The headquarters of the secret intelligence service. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds33.jpg
  • SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994.  Displaced Kurdish people from Kirkuk now live in very poor conditions after having been driven over the border by the Iraqi army. They now live in the torture chambers of the former Iraqi Muhabarat building. The headquarters of the secret intelligence service. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds34.jpg
  • SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994.  Displaced Kurdish people from Kirkuk now live in very poor conditions after having been driven over the border by the Iraqi army. They now live in the torture chambers of the former Iraqi Muhabarat building. The headquarters of the secret intelligence service. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds35.jpg
  • SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994.  Displaced Kurdish people from Kirkuk now live in very poor conditions after having been driven over the border by the Iraqi army. They now live in the torture chambers of the former Iraqi Muhabarat building. The headquarters of the secret intelligence service. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • MAWAT, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994.  The Killing fields locally known as Death Valley still contain the corpses of Iraqi soldiers who could not be retrieven due to heavy mining. Millions of landmines and unexploded ordonance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • CHOMAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. A shepherd herds his sheep through the minefields of Choman Valley.  Millions of landmines and unexploded ordonance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds38.jpg
  • MAWAT, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. A worker of the Mines Advisory Group, a british based NGO, defuses a valmara VS69 landmine. Twenty million landmines and unexploded ordnance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • DELIZIAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. Young children collect copper and aluminium by chopping it from unexploded ordnance in an old ammunition bunker. They sell it for 10 dollarcent per kilo. Twenty million landmines and unexploded ordnance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • CHOMAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. A member of the british based NGO, Mines Advisory Group, prepares the demolition pit for the destruction of mortar grenades. Twenty million landmines and unexploded ordnance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • MAWAT, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. A shepherd lost both his legs after he stepped on  valmara VS69 landmine. Twenty million landmines and unexploded ordnance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds42.jpg
  • DELIZIAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. Young children collect copper and aluminium by chopping it from unexploded ordnance in an old ammunition bunker. They sell it for 10 dollarcent per kilo. Twenty million landmines and unexploded ordnance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds43.jpg
  • DELIZIAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. Young children collect copper and aluminium by chopping it from unexploded ordnance in an old ammunition bunker. They sell it for 10 dollarcent per kilo. Twenty million landmines and unexploded ordnance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds44.jpg
  • MAWAT, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. A Kurdish girl lost her leg after she stepped on a landmine while she was collecting firwood. Twenty million landmines and unexploded ordnance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds45.jpg
  • MALUMA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, MARCH 1994. A Kurdish farmer works on his field. every now and then, he plows up life mortar grenades. Twenty million landmines and unexploded ordnance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds46.jpg
  • CHOMAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. Young children break open ammunition and set fire to the powder. Twenty million landmines and unexploded ordnance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds47.jpg
  • MAWAT, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, MARCH 1994. A Kurdish family stands behind their fence of recicled war material. Twenty million landmines and unexploded ordnance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds48.jpg
  • MALUMA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994. A Kurdish woman charcoal worker. Charcoal production is the primary income of the village. one family can produce about 150 kilo per month which brings them $3 per month. deforrestation is a big problem in the area where people have to go further into mined areas to collect wood.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • MALUMA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994. A Kurdish man works on a pile of charcoal. Charcoal production is the primary income of the village. one family can produce about 150 kilo per month which brings them $3 per month. deforrestation is a big problem in the area where people have to go further into mined areas to collect wood.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • MALUMA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994. A Kurdish woman with 2 children can hardly feed them. her husband was killed after the Gulf war. Charcoal production is the primary income of the village. one family can produce about 150 kilo per month which brings them $3 per month. deforrestation is a big problem in the area where people have to go further into mined areas to collect wood.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • MALUMA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994.  A boy extinguishes the charcoal. Charcoal production is the primary income of the village. one family can produce about 150 kilo per month which brings them $3 per month. deforrestation is a big problem in the area where people have to go further into mined areas to collect wood.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds52.jpg
  • MALUMA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994. Charcoal workers. Charcoal production is the primary income of the village. one family can produce about 150 kilo per month which brings them $3 per month. deforrestation is a big problem in the area where people have to go further into mined areas to collect wood.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds53.jpg
  • MALUMA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994. Charcoal workers.  Charcoal production is the primary income of the village. one family can produce about 150 kilo per month which brings them $3 per month. deforrestation is a big problem in the area where people have to go further into mined areas to collect wood.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds54.jpg
  • MALUMA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994.  A kurdish man ost his leg when he stepped on a landmine while collecting firewood. Charcoal production is the primary income of the village. one family can produce about 150 kilo per month which brings them $3 per month. deforrestation is a big problem in the area where people have to go further into mined areas to collect wood.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds55.jpg
  • MALUMA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JANUARI 1994. A Kurdish family in their home.  Charcoal production is the primary income of the village. one family can produce about 150 kilo per month which brings them $3 per month. deforrestation is a big problem in the area where people have to go further into mined areas to collect wood.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds56.jpg
  • RANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 09.09.96. KDP  KDP Leader Massoud Barzani Stops in a field on the way to Suleymaniyah, to discuss the strategics with his commanders . ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • ERBIL, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JULY 1994. Fighters of the KDP patrol the streets of Erbil. Erbil is the stage of peace efforts between the warring factions of the KDP and PUK factions. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JULY 1994. Refugees from Halabja have set up camp in an unfinished building.  All over the Kurdish autonomous region fighting broke out between the KDP and PUK and smaller kurdish factions. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds59.jpg
  • HALABJA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JULY 1994. A fighter of the  Islamic Movement of Kurdistan shows his kalashnikov to a young boy.  All over the Kurdish autonomous region fighting broke out between the KDP and PUK and smaller kurdish factions. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SAID SADIQ, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JULY 1994. Refugees leave the city of Said Sadiq after mortar attacks by the  Islamic Movement of Kurdistan.  All over the Kurdish autonomous region fighting broke out between the KDP and PUK and smaller kurdish factions. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds61.jpg
  • SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JULY 1994. Refugees from Halabja have set up camp in old car wrecks and makeshift tents.  All over the Kurdish autonomous region fighting broke out between the KDP and PUK and smaller kurdish factions. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds62.jpg
  • PENJWIN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JULY 1994. KDP fighters dig graves for colleagues who died in artillery attacks by the Iranian army in support of the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan  All over the Kurdish autonomous region fighting broke out between the KDP and PUK and smaller kurdish factions. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • ERBIL, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JULY 1994. KDP fighters guard a demonstration of civilians protesting against the prolonged fighting.  All over the Kurdish autonomous region fighting broke out between the KDP and PUK and smaller kurdish factions. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • ERBIL, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JULY 1994. A father stays with his daughter who was shot in the abdomen when fighters entered the house looking for opponents.  All over the Kurdish autonomous region fighting broke out between the KDP and PUK and smaller kurdish factions. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • MALUMA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ. A kurdish man who has lost his wits in the war after his whole family was killed in front of his eyes. He is supported by the villagers ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SHEIKH ADI, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. An official during the pilgrimage of the Yezidi, a religious cult that worships fire and the sun. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • MAWAT, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, JULY 1994. A Kurdish farmer who has been fleeing for the Iraqi army 6 times in his life, to rebuild his home from scratch every time again. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 26.11.91.  Jalal Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • ERBIL, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 26.11.91.  Massoud Barzani, leader of th Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • QALAR, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 09.09.96. Smugglers enter into Kurdistan with propane gas from Iraq. this is the only way to get goods in.  Due to the UN embargo against Iraq and an Iraqi blockade against Kurdistan, the economy is a disaster ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • ERBIL, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 09.09.96. Children play in a car wreck in the outskirts of Erbil. Due to the UN embargo against Iraq and an Iraqi blockade against Kurdistan, the economy is a disaster ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • ERBIL, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 09.09.96. A beggar walks past a newspaper vendor. Due to the UN embargo against Iraq and an Iraqi blockade against Kurdistan, the economy is a disaster ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • DOHUK, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 26.11.91. Kurdish people wait in line for petrol.  Due to the UN embargo against Iraq and an Iraqi blockade against Kurdistan, the economy is a disaster ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • QALAR, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 09.09.96. Smugglers enter into Kurdistan with propane gas from Iraq. this is the only way to get goods in.  Due to the UN embargo against Iraq and an Iraqi blockade against Kurdistan, the economy is a disaster ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • BARZAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. A Kurdish fighter guards an American Blackhawk helicopter. The choppers are frequently used by the allied forces Military Control Center, an intelligence organisation. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • ZAKHO, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 26.11.91.  Kurdish fighters take a break half a year after the failed Kurdish uprising against Saddam Houssein. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • SHEIKH ADI, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. Kurdish people during the pilgrimage of the Yezidi, a religious cult that worships fire and the sun. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • ZAKHO, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 26.11.91.  Kurdish children attend primary school. The school is supplied by Unicef.  Due to the UN embargo against Iraq and an Iraqi blockade against Kurdistan, the economy is a disaster ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • CHOMAN, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. A shepherd herds his sheep through the minefields of Choman Valley.  Millions of landmines and unexploded ordonance litter the former frontline in the Iran vs Iraq War still killing and maim ing Kurdish people on a daily basis.©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds80.jpg
  • SHEIKH ADI, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. Kurdish people during the pilgrimage of the Yezidi, a religious cult that worships fire and the sun. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds81.jpg
  • SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 26.11.96.  A shepherd walks with his sheep through a scrapyard  Due to the UN embargo against Iraq and an Iraqi blockade against Kurdistan, the economy is a disaster ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
    kurds82.jpg
  • DOHUK, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, OCTOBER 1993. Kurdish people wait in line for their kerosine rations to help them through the winter.  Due to the UN embargo against Iraq and an Iraqi blockade against Kurdistan, the economy is a disaster ©Photo by Frits Meyst/NewsImages
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  • RANIYAH, KURDISTAN, NORTHERN IRAQ, 09.09.96. KDP  Guerilla fighters celebrate their victory on the way to Suleymaniyah. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/ILLUSTRIOUS.<br />
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  • PASHMAQ, KURDISTAN, NORTHERN IRAQ, 10.09.96.  Kurdish and arab refugees belonging to the PUK and the INC gather at the border with Iran, on the run foir the KDP and Iraqi forces. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/ILLUSTRIOUS.<br />
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  • KOYSINJAQ, KURDISTAN, NORTHERN IRAQ, 09.09.96. KDP  Guerilla fighters prepare for battle as they will attack PUK positions at The Dukan Dam power plant. KDP claims that they took the Armoured Personel Carriers from the PUK, but they are very likely to come from the Iraqi Army.  ©Photo by Frits Meyst/ILLUSTRIOUS.<br />
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  • HALABJA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 15.11.91.  A Kurdish  rebuilds his house after it was destucted by the Iraqi army in 1988.  ©Frits Meyst/ILLUSTRIOUS.<br />
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  • SAID SADIQ, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, 30.06.94. A kurdish child conforts a baby after the fled from Halabja for the recent fights that broke out between the faction of the PUK, the patiotic union of Kurdistan and the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan, theIMK. ©Photo by Frits Meyst/ILLUSTRIOUS.<br />
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