David Bacon Stories & Photographs

Iraq

Oil for Freedom
Part 1

18 Basra Refinery
This pressure tank was brought by an Italian company under contract just before the first Gulf War, but when the bombing started, the Italians left. The tank was hit by shrapnel, and couldn’t be repaired. It still sits in the middle of the refinery.

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