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IRAQ-FALLUJAH-BANNED WEAPONS-IMPACTS

(240320) -- FALLUJAH, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows a street in Fallujah, Iraq. Twenty years after the U.S. military offensive in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, locals are still suffering from the lasting impacts of the use of internationally banned weapons by U.S. forces. TO GO WITH "Feature: After 20 years, Iraqis still suffer from impact of U.S. use of banned weapons" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-FALLUJAH-BANNED WEAPONS-IMPACTS

(240320) -- FALLUJAH, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Nour Khalid's father points to the area of deformity on his daughter's body due to the impact of the use of internationally banned weapons by U.S. forces in their offensive, in Fallujah, Iraq, March 12, 2024. Twenty years after the U.S. military offensive in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, locals are still suffering from the lasting impacts of the use of internationally banned weapons by U.S. forces. TO GO WITH "Feature: After 20 years, Iraqis still suffer from impact of U.S. use of banned weapons" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-FALLUJAH-BANNED WEAPONS-IMPACTS

(240320) -- FALLUJAH, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows a destroyed building in Fallujah, Iraq. Twenty years after the U.S. military offensive in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, locals are still suffering from the lasting impacts of the use of internationally banned weapons by U.S. forces. TO GO WITH "Feature: After 20 years, Iraqis still suffer from impact of U.S. use of banned weapons" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-FALLUJAH-BANNED WEAPONS-IMPACTS

(240320) -- FALLUJAH, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A girl suffering from brain damage, weakness in her limbs, and congenital deformities due to the impact of the use of internationally banned weapons by U.S. forces in their offensive, is pictured in Fallujah, Iraq, March 12, 2024. Twenty years after the U.S. military offensive in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, locals are still suffering from the lasting impacts of the use of internationally banned weapons by U.S. forces. TO GO WITH "Feature: After 20 years, Iraqis still suffer from impact of U.S. use of banned weapons" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-FALLUJAH-BANNED WEAPONS-IMPACTS

(240320) -- FALLUJAH, March 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A doctor examines a child suffering from health problems in Fallujah, Iraq, March 12, 2024. Twenty years after the U.S. military offensive in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, locals are still suffering from the lasting impacts of the use of internationally banned weapons by U.S. forces. TO GO WITH "Feature: After 20 years, Iraqis still suffer from impact of U.S. use of banned weapons" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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After 20 years, Iraqis still suffer from impact of U.S. use of banned weapons

STORY: After 20 years, Iraqis still suffer from impact of U.S. use of banned weapons SHOOTING TIME: March 12, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:05 LOCATION: FALLUJAH, Iraq CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Fallujah 2. various of local people 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KHALID IBRAHIM, Fallujah citizen 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): NOUR, Ibrahim's daughter 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ABDUL QUDDUS HAMEED, Medical analysis specialist STORYLINE: Twenty years after the U.S. military offensive in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, locals are still suffering from the lasting impacts of the use of internationally banned weapons by U.S. forces. In April 2004, U.S. occupation forces launched an offensive in Fallujah, 50 km west of Baghdad, but they encountered strong resistance from anti-U.S. armed groups, which prompted the U.S. forces to sweep the city in November of the same year. According to local doctors and citizens, the U.S. forces employed internationally banned weapons in their operation,

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Volunteers in Iraq's Fallujah provide free Iftar meals during Ramadan

STORY: Volunteers in Iraq's Fallujah provide free Iftar meals during Ramadan SHOOTING DATE: March 13, 2024 DATELINE: March 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: FALLUJAH, Iraq CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqi volunteers preparing free food for Iftar STORYLINE: Volunteers in Fallujah, Iraq have been providing free food for Iftar, the fast-breaking meals, to people in need during the ongoing Muslim holy month of Ramadan. For Muslims, Ramadan is the holiest month of the Islamic year as they observe fasting throughout the month from dawn to sunset. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Fallujah, Iraq. (XHTV)

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Iraqi boy arrives in Japan for medical checkup

TOKYO, Japan - Mohamad Haythan Saleh, an 11-year-old Iraqi boy whose left eye was injured in fighting in Fallujah, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 7 for his third visit for a medical checkup. During his stay in Japan until July 23, Mohamad will see doctors for vision correction at a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and visit the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture.

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Mohamad to visit Japan again in July

MISHIMA, Japan - Yukiko Hashida (C), the wife of a Japanese journalist killed in Iraq, speaks at a press conference in Mishima, Shizauoka Prefecture, on June 8. She said that Mohamad Haytham Saleh, an Iraq boy whose left eye was injured in fighting between armed Iraqi groups and U.S. troops in Fallujah, will visit Japan on July 7 for a medical checkup.

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10-year-old Iraqi boy returns home

NARITA, Japan - Ten-year-old Mohamad Haytham Saleh, an Iraqi boy who underwent a second round of surgery on his left eye in Tokyo in December, waves as he leaves Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Jan. 15. The boy's left eye was injured during fighting between U.S. troops and militants in November 2003 in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah.

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(2)Evacuees from Fallujah stay in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A family stays at a camp in Baghdad for refugees from Fallujah on Nov. 15.

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(1)Evacuees from Fallujah stay in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A volunteer distributes food at a camp in Baghdad for refugees from Fallujah on Nov. 15.

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Refugees from Fallujah arrive in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A mother and child who evacuated from the Iraqi city of Fallujah during a U.S. military assault are seen settled at a clinic in Baghdad on Nov. 14.

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Civic groups call for halt to U.S assault on Fallujah

TOKYO, Japan - About 300 civic group members rally near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Nov. 10, calling for an immediate halt to the U.S. assault on Fallujah in Iraq.

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Iraqi boy hospitalized for eye operation

NUMAZU, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, walks into a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, accompanied by his father on June 9 to receive surgery on his left eye, which was injured during a gunfight last November in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah.

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Koizumi concerned about civilian safety in Fallujah

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi talks with reporters at his office on April 13. The premier expressed concern that instability in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah could endanger more foreign civilians, and urged Japanese people to follow the government's security advisory and not to enter Iraq.

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Muslim leaders stage protest against U.S. military

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Muslim leaders in Baghdad on May 1 stage a protest over the deaths of local residents in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah who were shot by the U.S. military.

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Friday prayer to support Fallujah

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi civilians join a Friday prayer on Nov. 11, 2004 in Sadr City, where a Muslim cleric asks for their support for the city of Fallujah. (Kyodo)

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Refugees from Fallujah arrive in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A mother and child who evacuated from the Iraqi city of Fallujah during a U.S. military assault are seen settled at a clinic in Baghdad on Nov. 14. (Kyodo)

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(1)Evacuees from Fallujah stay in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A volunteer distributes food at a camp in Baghdad for refugees from Fallujah on Nov. 15. (Kyodo)

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10-year-old Iraqi boy returns home

NARITA, Japan - Ten-year-old Mohamad Haytham Saleh, an Iraqi boy who underwent a second round of surgery on his left eye in Tokyo in December, waves as he leaves Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Jan. 15. The boy's left eye was injured during fighting between U.S. troops and militants in November 2003 in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah. (Kyodo)

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Mohamad to visit Japan again in July

MISHIMA, Japan - Yukiko Hashida (C), the wife of a Japanese journalist killed in Iraq, speaks at a press conference in Mishima, Shizauoka Prefecture, on June 8. She said that Mohamad Haytham Saleh, an Iraq boy whose left eye was injured in fighting between armed Iraqi groups and U.S. troops in Fallujah, will visit Japan on July 7 for a medical checkup. (Kyodo)

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Iraqi boy arrives in Japan for medical checkup

TOKYO, Japan - Mohamad Haythan Saleh, an 11-year-old Iraqi boy whose left eye was injured in fighting in Fallujah, arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 7 for his third visit for a medical checkup. During his stay in Japan until July 23, Mohamad will see doctors for vision correction at a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and visit the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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(2)Evacuees from Fallujah stay in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A family stays at a camp in Baghdad for refugees from Fallujah on Nov. 15. (Kyodo)

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Civic groups call for halt to U.S assault on Fallujah

TOKYO, Japan - About 300 civic group members rally near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Nov. 10, calling for an immediate halt to the U.S. assault on Fallujah in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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(2)U.S. helicopter shot down

AMIRIYA, Iraq - The site in Fallujah where the CH-47 Chinook military transport helicopter was shot down. The photo was taken Nov. 2, 2003. (Kyodo)

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Mother, son from Fallujah live in camp in Latifiya

May 19, 2015 photo shows a woman and her son who live in a camp in Latifiya after fleeing from the battle-torn Iraqi city of Fallujah. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koizumi concerned about civilian safety in Fallujah

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi talks with reporters at his office on April 13. The premier expressed concern that instability in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah could endanger more foreign civilians, and urged Japanese people to follow the government's security advisory and not to enter Iraq. (Kyodo)

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Iraqi boy hospitalized for eye operation

NUMAZU, Japan - Mohamad Haytham Saleh, a 10-year-old Iraqi boy, walks into a hospital in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, accompanied by his father on June 9 to receive surgery on his left eye, which was injured during a gunfight last November in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah. (Kyodo)

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(1)U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopter shot down

AMIRIYA, Iraq - A U.S. helicopter on Nov. 2 patrols around an area near Fallujah, where a CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down, killing 16 soldiers and injuring 20 others. (Kyodo)

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Muslim leaders stage protest against U.S. military

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Muslim leaders in Baghdad on May 1 stage a protest over the deaths of local residents in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah who were shot by the U.S. military. (Kyodo)