J.B. Russell

Projects: Four Fingers in Iraq: Insurrection

American Army soldiers patrol the poor Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City. The vast slum is a hotbed of support for radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. His militia, the Mahdi Army, attack Coalition forces on a daily basis. Baghdad, Iraq.Photo © J.B. Russell
Insurrection, May 2004
American Army soldiers patrol the poor Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City. The vast slum is a hotbed of support for radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. His militia, the Mahdi Army, attack Coalition forces on a daily basis.
Baghdad, Iraq.
Photo © J.B. Russell