lynsey addario, photographer

Middle East: Iraq War

Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Division walk in front of a poster of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussain in front of the Kirkuk Governate building two days after it fell from Iraq Central Government rule, April 12, 2003. Roughly twenty days after the start of the US-lead war on the regime of former Iraq leader Saddam Hussain, cities are falling out of his control, and the 173rd Airborne has been sent in to maintain order in the city of Kirkuk.
Kirkuk, Iraq

Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Division walk in front of a poster of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussain in front of the Kirkuk Governate building two days after it fell from Iraq Central Government rule, April 12, 2003. Roughly twenty days after the start of the US-lead war on the regime of former Iraq leader Saddam Hussain, cities are falling out of his control, and the 173rd Airborne has been sent in to maintain order in the city of Kirkuk.