Sheep graze on harvest stubble near stalks of black barley on May 13, 2003, while nearby Kurds harvest the land near Makhmur, northern Iraq, that they were forced from eight years earlier by well-connected Arabs and Saddam Hussein's security forces. Jamil Qadir, the Kurdish owner of the small farm, was forced to pick up scarce work as a janitor and security guard after he was displaced.
Iraqi women mourn over remains of bodies contained in plastic bags pulled from a mass grave in Mahaweel, 60 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 15, 2003. Villagers dug up the remains of more than 3,000 people they suspect were killed during the 1991 Shiite revolt against Saddam Hussein's regime. Uncounted bodies remained unearthed at the site.
Iraqis shop for fruit and vegetables, as a young employee uses a duster to flick away flies, in the primarily Kurdish city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, Thursday, May 15, 2003. Many Kurds who were forcibly removed from Kirkuk during Saddam Hussein's so-called "Arabization" program, have returned.
A Kurd combine driver harvests grain on Kurdish-owned land that Kurds were forced from eight years earlier by well-connected Arabs and Saddam Hussein's security forces. Jamil Qadir, the Kurdish owner of the small farm, was forced to pick up scarce work as a janitor and security guard after he was displaced.
Iraqi Shiite men look at skeletons discovered in a mass grave close to the shrine of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammed, in the holy city of Karbala, Friday, May 16, 2003. The remains are believed to be those of people killed during the 1991 Shiite uprising against Saddam Hussein's regime.
Iraqi Shiite men gather at a mass grave close to the shrine of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammed, in the holy city of Karbala, Friday, May 16, 2003. Bodies recovered from the grave are believed to be those of people killed during the 1991 Shiite uprising against Saddam Hussein's regime.
A human skull sits in a plastic bag after being pulled from a mass grave in Mahaweel, Iraq, Friday, May 16, 2003. Villagers dug up the remains of more than 3,000 people they suspect were killed during the 1991 Shiite revolt against Saddam Hussein's regime. Uncounted bodies remained unearthed at the site.
A Korean doctor checks an Iraqi girl's heartbeat as her mother looks on at an improvised medical facility, set up with Korean aid in Umm Qasr, Friday, May 16, 2003. Umm Qasr became the first Iraqi town under British or U.S. military control to be turned over to a civilian government since the war ended. The 12-member town council will now be in charge.
Iraqi men shout anti-Saddam Hussein slogans as they wield bags containing remains of bodies pulled from a mass grave in Mahaweel, Iraq. Villagers also began unearthing remains of more than 3,000 people buried near the mosque of Imam Al-Abbas, in Karbala, Friday, May 16, 2003. Villagers suspect the victims were killed during the 1991 Shiite revolt against Saddam Hussein's regime.
An Iraqi man holds a skull as people begin unearthing remains of bodies buried near the mosque of Imam Al-Abbas, in the center of Karbala, Iraq, Friday, May 16, 2003. Volunteers with shovels excavated a mass grave in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Friday, collecting remains of the dead and calling the bodies evidence of crimes committed by Saddam Hussein.
Sgt. Edward Arnold, of the 23rd Regiment, British Army, watches a young Iraqi girl draw a cat on the wall in the southern Iraqi town of Umm Qasr, Friday, May 16, 2003. His platoon decorated a school classroom and outfitted it with toys donated by English families.