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04/15/03, Ramil, Iraq-Villagers of Ramil, Iraqi Arab Al-Ubeb Tribe, firing their rifles at an unknown vehicle that they thought was a looter's vehicle because the vehicle didn't stop at their check point at Hamrin Gas Station on the way to Tikrit from Kirkuk. They are depensing Hamrin gas station from Kurdish looters. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200302774

02/26/03, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq-Students of Sulaimaniyah University burned a Turkish flag but a student got his arm stuck with the fire while they were marching to an UN compound during the anti Turkey demonstration. He had a minor burn and was able to contunue to march. There were about 2,000 demonstrators. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200300998

12/29/02, Erbil, Iraq-Belan Arif, 11, suffering from leukemia, got blood transfusion in the emergency room at Rezgary Hospital in Erbil. Her mother Zaitun, left, left the room. The hospitals in Iraqi Kurdistan are facing supply shortage, including the blood stock, in the coming war. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200211619

02/28/03, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq-Women prayed at Haj Kak Ahmed Shekj mosque during a Friday prayer service. There are very few mosques accommodate women. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200301000

02/28/03, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq-Sarif, center with white hair, with other Darwesh Muslims, head banging during Zikr ritual after Friday prayer at Haj Kak Ahmed Shekh mosque. They do this ritual every Friday in plead to god to bring them to heaven in their afterlife. Darwesh is a sect of Suni Muslim. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200301000

01/28/03, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq-Demonstrators gathered outside UN compound to hand over their request to UN and held signs; the signs read in backward (flipped), foreground one reads 'We are the witness to Iraqi Regime's crimes.' Their request to UN includes gas masks and chemical defensive gears. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200300191

01/15/03, Erbil, Iraq-A Military surplus gas mask, with cracked eye piece, selling for $10-$20 at a military supply store in Ascan bazaar in Erbil. There were a dozen or so gas masks for sale but most of them are in bad conditions. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200300176

12/28/02, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq-Dr. Ararat Anwar, center, performed a minor surgery, stitched cut fingers of Taha Owar, 45, who was hit by a rock on his finger, as his students doctors watched at the emergency surgery room in Sulaimaniyah Teaching Hospital in sulaimaniyah. The hospitals in Iraqi Kurdistan are facing supply shortage in the coming war. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200211619

01/18/03, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq-Rafaat Mohamad, 51, of 2 years of Body Building experience, continued his work out with two 8 kg weights at Barlen Body Building Club in Daraswtawaka bazaar in Sulaimaniyah. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200300179

03/17/03, Chamchamal, Iraq-Mali Ha, left, holding her daughter Shawkat Razan Nazid, 3, who cried in discomfort in the rocking truck as they fled Chamchamal, sitting in the back of truck with their belongings, in fear of chemical attack. One thousand, estimated, families left Chamchamal and Shorsh, two adjuct towns near Iraqi and PUK border, fled the town in fear of chemical attack. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200301819

12/02/02, Chamchamal, Iraq-Sara Rebar, 4, sat in the back seat as her parent drove by the border check point at Chamchamal, Iraq. They were heading to Sulamania where their home is after visiting family members in Kirkuk, in Iraqi side. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#20021????

03/17/03, Chamchamal, Iraq-Zara Shahab, holding one of her five children as they fled Chamchamal, sitting on top of their belongings in a tractor, in fear of chemical attack by Saddam's regime as another family packed their car in Chamchamal. Estimated thousand families left Chamchamal and Shorsh, two adjuct towns near Iraqi and PUK border, fled the town in fear of chemical attack. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200301819

03/13/03, Sulaimaniya, Iraq-Kurdish Shiite Muslims observed Ashura by self-flagellation on their chest and head on the street in Sulaimaniya near Hussaenia Al-Hakim mosque. During self-flagellation, they were repeating the following phrase, 'Even our legs and arms are mutilated, we will come to you by crawling, Imam Hussein.' Imam Hussein was Shiite prophet who was murdered brutally by Sunni Muslims. Shiite Muslims around the world commemorate his brutal death by self-flagellation. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200301813

04/14/03, Kirkuk, Iraq-Life is starting to go back to normal in Kirkuk except some water shortage and power just came back today. Boys including Ali Khasrau Rahman, 10, played at Khasa River in Kirkuk. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#200302773