Iraq: Then and now

Photojournalist Maya Alleruzzo photographed Iraq war images at the sites where the original pictures were taken. This week marks 10 years since the Iraq war began.

This March 13, 2013 photo shows a general view of Firdous Square at the site of an AP photograph taken by Jerome Delay as the statue of Saddam Hussein is pulled down by U.S. forces and Iraqis, April 9, 2003.
Ten years ago on live television, U.S. Marines memorably hauled down a Soviet-style statue of Saddam, symbolically ending his rule. Today, that pedestal in central Baghdad stands empty. Bent iron beams sprout from the top, and posters of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in military fatigues are pasted on the sides.

Credit: AP/Maya Alleruzzo