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Najaf by MRAP, by Omar Chatriwala.
A US Army Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle barrels down the road in the Iraqi city of Najaf on election day in March 2010.
A Black Hawk, by Omar Chatriwala.
Flying high over Iraq on election day, March 7, 2010.
Flying High, by Omar Chatriwala.
An American Black Hawk helicopter flying over Iraq
A boy sits on the counter of a snack shop at Baghdad’s Abu Nawas Park.
A boy in the Karada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq cries when I point the camera at him. The photo was taken on March 6, 2010 - the day before Iraq’s parliamentary elections.