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SUB IRAQ CASUALTY 2
RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT PHOTO CREDIT TO ASHLEY GILBERTSON -- (NYT60) KARBALA,
Iraq -- May 26, 2004 -- IRAQ-CASUALTY-2 -- A soldier drops a note in the boots
belonging to a fallen comrade from task force 1-37, 1st Armored Division at a
memorial service in Karbala on May 22, 2004, for three compatriots who were
killed during recent weeks of intense combat. The three pairs of boots belonged
to SPC Spakosky, 2LT Leonard Cowherd and SGT Brud J. Cronkite. Spakosky, 25, of
Browns Mill, N.J., died May 14, 2004, a day after he was hit with a sniper's
bullet during fighting in Karbala, Iraq. A tank crewman, he was based at
Friedberg, Germany. (Keith Meyers/The New York Times) (NYT
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IRAQ CASUALTY
(NYT58) HAINESPORT, NJ -- May 26, 2004 -- IRAQ-CASUALTY -- The family of Philip
Ian Spakosky, tank crewman, during his funeral in Hainesport, NJ on Wednesday,
May 26, 2004. Spakosky, 25, of Browns Mill, N.J., died May 14, 2004, a day after
he was hit with a sniper's bullet during fighting in Karbala, Iraq. A tank
crewman, he was based at Friedberg, Germany. (Keith Meyers/The New York Times)
(NYT
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IRAQ CASUALTY 3
(NYT61) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 26, 2004 -- IRAQ-CASUALTY-3 -- SPC Philip Ian
Spakosky, 25, in a tank in Karbala, Iraq on May 14, 2004. Less than ten minutes
after this photo was taken, he was shot twice in the hip by sniper fire.
Spakosky died soon after. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times) (NYT Photos)
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IRAQ 3
NYT3) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 26, 2004 -- IRAQ-3 -- A street near the Shrine of
Hussein Mosque, Wednesday, May 26, 2004. The area was heavily damaged during
fighting between U.S. forces and militiamen loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al
Sadr. (Michael Kamber/The New York Times) (NYT Photos)
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IRAQ 2
(NYT2) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 26, 2004 -- IRAQ-2 -- The scene outside the Shrine
of Hussein Mosque, seen in the background, Wednesday, May 26, 2004. The area was
heavily damaged during fighting between U.S. forces and militiamen loyal to
Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr. (Michael Kamber/The New York Times)
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IRAQ MILITIA 2
(NYT36) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 24, 2004 -- IRAQ-MILITIA-2 -- Fighters from the
Mahdi Army at the shrine of Imam Hussein on May 16, 2004. With only weeks to go
until an Iraqi government takes over, American officials have failed to
accomplish their goal of disarming the tens of thousands of armed militiamen who
are organized in nearly a dozen major groups representing Iraq's major ethnic
and religious groups. (Michael Kamber/The New York Times)
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IRAQ MILITIA
(NYT17) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 24, 2004 -- IRAQ-MILITIA -- A fighter with a
picture of Muktada Sadr on his chest from the Mahdi Army and another fighter
prays in the background in Karbala, Iraq, on May 16, 2004. With only weeks to go
until an Iraqi government takes over, American officials have failed to
accomplish their goal of disarming the tens of thousands of armed militiamen who
are organized in nearly a dozen major groups representing Iraq's major ethnic
and religious groups. (Michael Kamber/The New York Times)
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IRAQ KARBALA 3
(NYT9) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 22, 2004 -- IRAQ-KARBALA-3 -- U.S. soldiers pay
respects to fallen comrades from U.S. task force 1-37, 1st Armored Division at a
memorial service in Karbala on Saturday, May 22, 2004, for three compatriots who
were killed during the last three weeks of intense combat. Tribal sheiks met
with American commanders in Karbala on Saturday and said they would try to
persuade militiamen loyal to a rebel Shiite cleric to lay down their arms and
disband, military officials said. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
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IRAQ KARBALA
(NYT7) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 22, 2004 -- IRAQ-KARBALA -- U.S. Lt. Col. Garry
Bishop, who commands task force 1-37, at Camp Lima in Karbala on Saturday, May
22, 2004. Tribal sheiks met with American commanders in Karbala on Saturday and
said they would try to persuade militiamen loyal to a rebel Shiite cleric to lay
down their arms and disband, military officials said. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New
York Times)
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IRAQ
(NYT42) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 20, 2004 -- IRAQ -- Their tanks outside the
Mukhaiyam Mosque in Karbala, United States forces on Thursday, May 20, 2004,
began withdrawing from the mosque, which they had been using as a forward base
in their combat against a militia. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
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IRAQ
(NYT71) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 19, 2004 -- IRAQ -- A U.S. Special Forces sniper
team take aim at Mahdi fighters three hundred meters away in Karbala, Iraq on
Wednesday, May 19, 2004. About 40 Iraqis were killed Wednesday by U.S. forces in
an attack near the volatile border with Syria. U.S. officials said they had
fired on a suspected guerrilla safe house, but Iraqis said the Americans had
strafed civilians at a wedding party. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
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IRAQ 2
(NYT10) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 18, 2004 -- IRAQ-2 -- Military police arrive as
part of an escort for Gen. Mark P. Hertling, deputy commander of the 1st Armored
Division (1AD) which has control over the central area of Iraq, during a visit
to a mosque in Karbala, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini
al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric, demanded that all armed
groups withdraw from the embattled holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, where nine
militiamen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr were killed in heavy fighting
with U.S. forces. (Ashley Gilbertson/New York Times)
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IRAQ KARBALA 2
(NYT40) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 17, 2004 -- IRAQ-KARBALA-2 -- A building being
bombed near the shrine of Abbas in Karbala, Iraq on Monday, May 17, 2004. In its
riskiest attack yet against the forces of a rebel Shiite cleric, the American
military called in an airstrike early Monday morning to kill fighters standing
about 160 feet away from one of the holiest shrines in Shiite Islam, military
officials said. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
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IRAQ 6
(NYT23) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 16, 2004 -- IRAQ-6 -- A Mahdi Army fighter prays in
Karbala, Iraq on Sunday, May 16, 2004. Fighters from the Mahdi Army, followers
of the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, take up positions around the shrine of
Imam Hussein in the center of Karbala as they fight against U.S. troops trying
to dislodge them from the city. (Michael Kamber/The New York Times)
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IRAQ SOLDIERS VOICES
(NYT19) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 16, 2004 -- IRAQ-SOLDIERS-VOICES -- Lt. Col. Garry
P. Bishop, from the U.S. 1-37, 1st Armored Division, briefs soldiers from his
division along with Polish troops in Karbala on May 15, 2004. (Ashley
Gilbertson/The New York Times)
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IRAQ 3
(NYT3) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 16, 2004 -- IRAQ-3 -- A fighter prays as others
fight in Karbala, Iraq on Sunday, May 16, 2004. Fighters from the Mahdi Army,
followers of the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, take up positions around the
shrine of Imam Hussein in the center of Karbala as they fight against U.S.
troops trying to dislodge them from the city. (Michael Kamber/The New York
Times)
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IRAQ 2
(NYT2) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 16, 2004 -- IRAQ-2 -- A fighters in the streets in
Karbala, Iraq on Sunday, May 16, 2004. Fighters from the Mahdi Army, followers
of the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, take up positions around the shrine of
Imam Hussein in the center of Karbala as they fight against U.S. troops trying
to dislodge them from the city. (Michael Kamber/The New York Times)
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IRAQ 5
NYT35) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 15, 2004 -- IRAQ-5 -- Iraqi children watch as U.S.
tanks pass down a road in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday, May 15, 2004, in an area
which is now seeing intense resistance to the American presence. American-led
occupation forces battled with insurgents and militias loyal to rebel Shiite
cleric Moktada al-Sadr in at least four cities in Iraq over a 24-hour period
ending Saturday, in fighting that left at least 34 Iraqis dead and what one
American official said was part of a "minor uprising." (Ashley
Gilbertson/The New York Times)
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IRAQ 4
(NYT34) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 15, 2004 -- IRAQ-4 -- U.S. soldiers rest in a
mosque in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday, May 15, 2004, in an area which is now seeing
intense resistance to the American presence. The mosque had been used by
militiamen to stockpile weapons. American-led occupation forces battled with
insurgents and militias loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr in at least
four cities in Iraq over a 24-hour period ending Saturday, in fighting that left
at least 34 Iraqis dead and what one American official said was part of a
"minor uprising." (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
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IRAQ KARBALA 2
(NYT37) CAMP LIMA, Iraq -- May 11, 2004 -- IRAQ-KARBALA-2 -- Officers go over
plans for a military operation in Karbala, Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at Camp Lima,
near the Shiite holy city. The American military launched its largest assault
yet against the forces of a young rebel Shiite cleric, attacking late Tuesday
night a mosque believed to be the stronghold of the insurgents in Karbala.
(Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
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IRAQ KARBALA 1
(NYT36) CAMP LIMA, Iraq -- May 11, 2004 -- IRAQ-KARBALA-1 -- Officers go over
plans for a military operation in Karbala, Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at Camp Lima,
near the Shiite holy city. The American military launched its largest assault
yet against the forces of a young rebel Shiite cleric, attacking late Tuesday
night a mosque believed to be the stronghold of the insurgents in Karbala.
(Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
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IRAQ
(NYT7) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 9, 2004 -- IRAQ -- U.S. Soldiers from the Black
Sheep Platoon, 1st Armored Division, hold their postion during a battle with
militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, in Karbala, Iraq,
Sunday, May 9, 2004. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times) (NYT Photos)
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IRAQ 2
(NYT19) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 8, 2004 -- IRAQ-2 -- U.S. soldiers part of a
taskforce comprised of Armor, Engineers, and Infantry from the 1st A.D., patrol
in Karbala, Saturday, May 8, 2004. After several days of American attacks in
southern Iraq, insurgents backing a rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took the
offensive on Saturday, trying to seize government buildings and striking at
convoys in two southern cities controlled by British forces. (Ashley
Gilbertson/The New York Times)
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IRAQ 2
(NYT4) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 7, 2004 -- IRAQ-2 -- A mortally wounded Iraqi man is
seen past a U.S. soldier, Friday, May 7, 2004. The man was part of a team firing
rocket propelled grenades at U.S. soldiers. U.S. troops and militiamen loyal to
Muqtada al-Sadr clashed Friday near holy shrines in Karbala. (Ashley
Gilbertson/The New York Times
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IRAQ 1
EDS NOTE - GRAPHIC CONTENT -- (NYT4) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 6, 2004 -- IRAQ --
U.S. soldiers with the 1st Armored Division look at the body of a man believed
to be a member of the militia loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Thursday,
May 6, 2004 in Karbala. U.S. troops backed by tanks on Thursday attacked
al-Sadr's militiamen in the southern Iraqi city. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York
Times)
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IRAQ 3
(NYT14) KARBALA, Iraq -- May 5, 2004 -- IRAQ-3 -- A U.S. M1 Abrams tank is seen
moving through Karbala, Iraq, early Wednesday, May 5, 2005, as part of operation
"Iron Saber". The U.S. military launched its first major assault
against insurgents led by Muqtada al-Sadr, a rebel Shiite cleric, striking early
Wednesday morning at militia enclaves in the holy Shiite city of Karbala and in
another city in southern Iraq in an effort to retake control of those areas.
(Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
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