Description
"Witness Iraq documents the lightening-swift U.S.-led military campaign Operation Iraqi Freedom from the perspective of some of the world's most renowned and respected photojournalists who possessed extraordinary first-hand access to this unprecedented display of military precision, planning, and containment. Captured in "Witness Iraq are the trials and tribulations of the coalition forces and the Iraqi people as Saddam Hussein's reign of terror is brought to an end, once and for all. Marcel Saba, revered editor and founder of famed photojournalism agency SABA Press Photos, relied upon decades of experience and his esteemed reputation within the world of photojournalism to amass this exclusive and unprecedented collection of first-hand perspectives to create the broadest, most inclusive visual document of the war. Witness the desperation of Iraqi soldiers as they attempt to surrender. Witness an unpublished and more telling view of the jubilation in Baghdad when the famed huge statue of Saddam Hussein in toppled. Feel the empathy of a U.S. soldier as he cradles an injured Iraqi child. Although this has become history's most photographed military show the courage, tragedy, humor, and compassion, portraying the chaos of conflict as well as the respect and empathy for human life. Through these images, you will witness not only the horrors of war but also the triumph of the human spirit.
