Caught Live on Instagram: "In a stark and unsettling broadcast on Iraqi state television—later aired worldwide by Al Jazeera—on March 23, 2003, several American soldiers captured during the early days of the Iraq War were interviewed under duress. The prisoners, members of the 507th Maintenance Company ambushed in Nasiriyah, appeared bloodied, bandaged, and visibly terrified as they answered questions from an off-camera interviewer. One soldier, when asked about his purpose in Iraq, responded qu

Last Moments Alive on Instagram: "Saddam Hussein’s final public appearance was recorded in Baghdad during the closing days of the 2003 Iraq War, as U.S. forces rapidly advanced on the capital. The footage shows him emerging from a safe house in the Az-Zawra district, greeting a small, hastily gathered crowd. He waves, kisses babies, and raises a rifle — a final attempt to project strength and control. What makes the moment striking is how close the war already was. American troops were less than

IRAQI BANTZ on Instagram: "Iraq is a country in Western Asia with a rich and complex history that stretches back thousands of years, often called the “cradle of civilisation” because it was home to ancient Mesopotamia, where writing, law, and early urban societies first emerged. Located at the crossroads of the Middle East, Iraq shares borders with Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria, and it has a small coastline along the Persian Gulf. Its two great rivers, the Tigris and the