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At the start of the Iraq Inquiry yesterday, I posted a link to some of Hugh's old photos.

It inspired Hugh to delve into his archive, and he's send me these words and photos:

"Baghdad broken

Petrol pump attendant Riath Hussein blinded by US troops when his brother Faris misunderstood orders to 'Stop!'
Arabic for stop is not stop, it's keff.
He's with his daughters Rana and Noor. When the girls walked into the room, I asked Riath: "Are these your daughters?"
He replied: "I don't know - I can't see them"

The windscreen of their car. Faris was killed.

Father mourning his son, who was killed in a US bombing raid.

Mother and son. He was killed in a battle between the Iraqi army and American tanks. I asked her who she blamed for his death.
"Saddam Hussein! Saddam Hussein! Saddam Hussein!"
Before answering the question, she asked, "Is it safe to tell the truth?"

American soldier in a helicopter over Baghdad.

Do they know it's Christmas? December 2004, in a DFAC at Camp Victory, Baghdad. DFAC - Dining Facility.

Carvery in the DFAC.

Camp Victory accommodation.

Early voter, Baghdad, January 30th 2005. An hour later, a suicide bomber killed two policemen at this polling station.

Zafaranyia, Baghdad.

Three sisters. Basra, July 2003. They helped me find a shop where I could buy some new film (yes, film). I hope to track them down one day. This year, I did find two others I'd taken pictures of; one said, with a broad smile, "You promise you'd come back, but I didn't think it would take six years"."

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