Halabja Museum

This is a picture of the Halabja Museum which documents the massacre against the Kurdish people by Saddam's Regime during his arabization campaign during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Halabja is the site where he employed chemical weapons killing over 5,000 of it's civilians and wounding over 10,000 others.

Halabja Museum

This is a piece of artwork from the Halabja museum depicting Saddam with the body of a scorpion which represents the view of the Kurdish people after the devastation and destruction he brought during his Arabization campaign.

Halabja Exhibit

This is an exhibit at the Halabja museum based upon actual photographs after the chemical attack in 1988 against Kurdish civilians during Saddam's Arabization campaign. The bomb in this display is an actual aerial bomb used in that chemical attack.

Kalar City

Children from the Iraqi city of Kalar

Children from Kalar

These are children our team met while in the city of Kalar having lunch.

City of Kalar

This is a view of the Iraqi city of Kalar from an historic castle atop a man made hill.

Here the Iraqi Border Police deliver school supplies to children and some parents whose children are apparently away in another village for testing.

Mahmoud Qajar Village

More children gather to get their bags of school supplies, our team went out through the village gathering children and sending them to the school since school is out for the summer and only some students are still testing.

Mahmoud Qajar Village

More children await their turn to get school supplies.

More children come to get school supplies and oral hygiene items.

Mahmoud Qajar

Children get new school supplies and a mother gets a bag for her child who is away testing in another village. The IBP is involved in handing out the supplies and establishing new relations within the community.

Another Success

Kids go off with their bags of school supplies made possible by generous donors in Utah and Idaho.

A child from Mahmoud Qajar village walks away with a bag of school supplies.

Mahmoud Qajar Primary

Another picture of the Mahmoud Qajar primary school.

Mahmoud Qajar Primary

Picture of an Iraqi primary school in Mahmoud Qajar village

Horned toad?

This is a lizard that we found while on patrol. Looks a lot like a horned toad in the US.

Mahmoud Qajar Village

Children walk away with bags of school supplies that will help them in the next school year.

A child with a smile

An Iraqi children from the village of Meshaw smiles as she walks away with her new school supplies.

Operation School Supplies

Another Iraqi child from Meshaw Village walks away with new school supplies.

More students pick up their new school supplies at Meshaw Village.

A River Runs Through It

This is a view of a river that ran through Darbandikhan district in Northeastern Iraq.

Another young Iraqi gets a school kit.

Here a young Iraqi girl heads off with her new school kit.

Handing out school supplies to young Iraqi children in Meshaw Village.

Handing out school supplies

Here our team begins handing out the school supplies to children in Meshaw village.