An old prison complex on the outskirts of Dahuk City in northern Iraq that is now home to many Iraqi Kurdish families. These are conditions that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has forced upon the Kurds since he subdued their 1991 uprising (Unphal) after the Persian Gulf War. Here, laundry is hung out to dry with the prison courtyard below
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Theodore J. Koniares
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
18/11/1993
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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