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Freedom Fighters

  • ...on the record... Iraq 2002-03
    ...on the record... Iraq 2002-03

  • Freedom Fighters...
    Freedom Fighters...

  • Young Pesh Merga
    Young Pesh Merga

    Hardi Saleh Akhmed, 15, the youngest pesh merga recruit, lined up during physical training with others at indoctrination camp at a former Iraqi barracks in Raniyah. Pesh merga means 'those who face death.'

  • Freedom Fighters...
    Freedom Fighters...

    12/14/02, Raniyah, Iraq-Peshmerga recruits running during physical training at indoctrination camp at a former Iraqi barracks in Raniyah. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200211609

  • Freedom Fighters...
    Freedom Fighters...

    12/14/02, Raniyah, Iraq-Peshmerga recruits warming up during physical training at indoctrination camp at a former Iraqi barracks in Raniyah. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200211609

  • Physical Training, Pesh Merga Style
    Physical Training, Pesh Merga Style

    Recruits of Pesh Merga, meaning those who face death, warming up during physical training at indoctrination camp at a former Iraqi barracks in Raniyah, Iraq. Once famous for brave and legendary guerilla fight against Saddam Hussein, Persh Merga in newly established Iraqi Kurdistan are merely functional with very poor equipment and supplies.

  • Freedom Fighters...
    Freedom Fighters...

    12/14/02, Raniyah, Iraq-Hardi Saleh Akhmed, 15, marched during physical training with other Peshmerga recruit at indoctrination camp at a former Iraqi barracks in Raniyah. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200211609

  • Freedom Fighters...
    Freedom Fighters...

    12/14/02, Raniyah, Iraq-Peshmerga recruits eating their breakfast, bread and yogert, after physical training at indoctrination camp at a former Iraqi barracks in Raniyah. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200211609

  • Freedom Fighters...
    Freedom Fighters...

    12/14/02, Raniyah, Iraq-Peshmerga recruits, including Sharif Mohamd Ibraham, 42, the blue shirt, at a lecture as some of the recruits moved from back to the front seats at indoctrination camp at a former Iraqi barracks in Raniyah. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200211609

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