2010.54.122

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Dhuluaya, Iraq: Late September 2003
2003
23.75 in HIGH x 18 in WIDE
(60.32 cm HIGH x 45.72 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.122






Poster is stenciled with spray paint. The background is of several green palm trees with bown bottoms. The top edge reads in brown, "Dhuluaya, Iraq late September 2003." Below in red is "Blaring jazz on loudspeakers, U.S. soldiers bulldoze the date palms of over 50 families- a "collective punishment" for the actions resistance fighters in the area. - Independent [newspaper] , UK." The bottom right of the poster has "'It is as if someone cut off my hands, and you asked me how much my hands were worth.' - Nusayef Jassim (farmer)."

Refers to collective punishment by the US military of farmers who did not give information about guerrillas attacking US troops

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