Idahoans in Action: Dateline Iraq

Telling the most important story

KIRKUK, Iraq — When I was a young, budding photojournalist, I always thought that the big cities with the biggest newspapers were where the most important stories were.

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IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Snipers keep watch through Iraqi night

KIRKUK, Iraq — When the peach-orange sun dipped below the hazy horizon, when dusk had faded so that we wouldn't cast a shadow, we scaled the wall to the rooftop.
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

A long way from home

These are your husbands, your sons, your brothers.
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Car bomb in Kirkuk kills one

KIRKUK, Iraq — A car bomb detonated in a busy traffic circle in Kirkuk on Tuesday morning, killing a one person and wounding as many as 17 other Iraqis.
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Amid war and poverty, the children smile

I've always known they existed, those places where people are poor, where they live with fewer luxuries and freedoms than you and I have. I've seen photos in books and magazines and newspapers. But those places were always very far from my reality.
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

I went to Iraq to cover a war, and ended up covering a kindergarten pageant

We’re not sure how it happened. But one day last week photographer Kim Hughes and I found ourselves in the front row of an auditorium at a spring pageant for Kirkuk’s kindergarten children put on by Kurdistan Save the Children.
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Religion plays a strong role in Iraq

KIRKUK, Iraq — Iraq has a newly elected government and a fledgling army and police force. But in Iraq, religious leaders are like another branch of government.
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Commander says 116th should be home by Christmas

KIRKUK, Iraq — Families of Idaho Army Guard members deployed on a mission expected to last a year probably won't have to ship presents to Iraq this Christmas, the commander of the 116th said.
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Brent’s in Iraq. Jaime’s in Caldwell.

Sgt. Brent DeVall woke up Saturday morning and got ready for work: He put on his desert camouflage and his combat boots. He strapped on body armor, ammo and night-vision goggles. He slung his M-4 carbine over his shoulder and set out to patrol Kirkuk, Iraq.
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Looking for bad guys in 'the underbelly of Kirkuk'

KIRKUK, Iraq — When soldiers cross the bridge into south Kirkuk's Oruba neighborhood, they drive from calm to chaotic.
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Easter dinner as made in Iraq loses a bit in translation

KIRKUK, Iraq — The Easter Bunny left a suspected mortar round outside Bravo Company's patrol base Sunday. (It turned out to be a piece of pipe.)