Guantanamo Bay

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The sun rises above empty guard towers, above part of camps that are no longer used at Guantanamo Bay's Camp Delta on Aug. 13, 2016.

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Detainees pray in a communal area of Camp 6, one of the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay on Aug. 13, 2016. Camp 6 holds the majority of the remaining 61 detainees at the detention facilities on the U.S. Naval base Guantanamo.

A couple of images from my visit to Guantanamo Bay detention camp in August of 2016.  You can read more about my visit in my stories "An inside look at Gitmo as detention facility faces uncertain future" and "GITMO procedures challenge military 'transparency.'"

Iraq: People & Places

Here is my last collection of images from Iraq. Just a few photos of people and places I passed on my 5-week journey across Northern Iraq.

Iraq: Soldiers

Here are a few of my photos of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers from my 5 weeks in Iraq. To see more from our reporting in Iraq visit the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website at http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/specialreports/trib-in-iraq/

Iraq: Night Raid

Here are a few photos from a search for a high-value target in the Ninewa Province of Iraq.

Iraq: Growing Economy

Here are a few photos from a day with Brigadier General Patrick Donahue on a visit to Muqdadiyah, Zaqawis’ former strong hold where they are giving out microgrants to stimulate the old market that was destroyed during the intense fighting there.

Iraq: Combined Security Forces

Here are a few more photos from Iraq.

Iraq: Golden Lions

Here are a few photos from Iraq of the Golden Lions, a combined security force made up of Kurdish soldiers known as Peshmerga, meaning those who face death, U.S. Army, Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police - who are Arabs, Turkmen, and Yazidi. You can read more about the Golden Lions at http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_674823.html

Iraq: Election Day

Here are a few photos from Iraq's parliamentary elections in March, 2010.

Iraq: Election Preview

Here are a few photos from the days leading up to the parliamentary elections in Iraq.

Spc. Jason Kazarick

A white dove flies over friends and family members of Spc. Jason Kazarick's at his funeral on Friday afternoon at the Our Lady of Joy Catholic Church in Plum. Kazarick, the Plum/Oakmont man was killed in Iraq.