Iraq I ended hanging around Baghdad for about a month in 2007 October with my friend Eric. Most of the time I spent in a small room in a security contractors compound waiting for permits for us to shoot a film on Iraqi women. The permits never came through and after several problems which the person who had hired us had with various people (According to the contract I signed I am not allowed to talk about these issues) , I packed my bags and returned to India after almost a month in the red zone of Baghdad. I took some photographs, mostly from the confines of an armoured car. Read about this shoot on my photo blog		By the way in Baghdad Detainees cover their faces to avoid being recognized by neighbours Walls seperate neighbouhoods Detainee By the way in Baghdad, a kid plays with a toy gun Detainees Passing by in an armoured vehicle a pair of enormous crossed swords cast from weapons of soldiers who A contractor under the "Swords of victory" made from the weapons of soldiers who died in the Iran–Iraq War under Saddam's command. An evening at the Al Rasheed, roof view of black hawks detainee covers his face Convoys often come under attack Wounded detainee Securing the road Kid playing football during curfew Waiting for a bus Wall at the Ministry of Defence view kids Woman iraqi soldier wall and woman soldier walls seperate frisk Contractor in action our security contractors Prison in Baghdad After the IED A boy with his football on the street during curfew ir27 Sniper seats on the ALrasheed