Pictures of Mukhabarath in Sulimainiyah


Building in the compound

Building in the compound

Russian tanks found in the vicinity are now kept on the grounds

Russian tanks found in the vicinity are now kept on the grounds

Lots of tanks

Lots of tanks

More tanks

More tanks

I believe this was the main building (there are bullet holes all over the walls)

I believe this was the main building (there are bullet holes all over the walls)

Between the main buildings and the cells

Between the main buildings and the cells

Genocide memorial in a basement

Genocide memorial in a basement

Each piece of glass represents a Kurd who died at the hands of Saddam's army

Each piece of glass represents a Kurd who died at the hands of Saddam's army

It looks beautiful but scared me

It looks beautiful but scared me

A room in the memorial...

A room in the memorial...

...made to look like a typical Kurdish home

...made to look like a typical Kurdish home

A cell for Saddam's prisoners

A cell for Saddam's prisoners

The official told me that they used to keep ten people in one such cell

The official told me that they used to keep ten people in one such cell

From here the prisoners were transported to Abu Ghraib, I was told

From here the prisoners were transported to Abu Ghraib, I was told

Some cells now contain statues representing prisoners

Some cells now contain statues representing prisoners

A very dark basement area with cages

A very dark basement area with cages

A very dark torture chamber with the aforementioned statues

A very dark torture chamber with the aforementioned statues

Hooks

Hooks

Statue

Statue

The women's and children's room, while the men were tortured, women and children were kept here

The women's and children's room, while the men were tortured, women and children were kept here

The room is not very big

The room is not very big

I forgot who this group are

I forgot who this group are

A gallery shows pictures of victims

A gallery shows pictures of victims

More pictures

More pictures

Peshmerga soldiers (I think) during the liberation

Peshmerga soldiers (I think) during the liberation

An original rope from Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad

An original rope from Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad

10,000 people a year were executed at Abu Ghraib

10,000 people a year were executed at Abu Ghraib

Murder on the street, back in the days

Murder on the street, back in the days

After the liberation

After the liberation

The Kurdish militia that fought Saddam, the Peshmerga, are today a legal militia that guards the north-east of Iraq against terrorists

The Kurdish militia that fought Saddam, the Peshmerga, are today a legal militia that guards the north-east of Iraq against terrorists

When Saddam withdrew from Sulimeiniya people came looking for their relatives

When Saddam withdrew from Sulimeiniya people came looking for their relatives

Many had no luck

Many had no luck

Saddam's pictures and statues were taken down

Saddam's pictures and statues were taken down


20 Aug 2011
 © Andrew Brehm 2016