Iraqi prisoner of war seated and hooded in a makeshift United States Army prison camp in the first days of the ground war in Iraq. The first prisoners of war had discarded their military uniforms as they thought that they would be shot on sight when they surrendered to coalition forces. Many high-ranking Iraqi officers changed clothes with lower ranks or civilians to avoid any interrogation.  

Iraqi prisoner of war seated and hooded in a makeshift United States Army prison camp in the first days of the ground war in Iraq. The first prisoners of war had discarded their military uniforms as they thought that they would be shot on sight when they surrendered to coalition forces. Many high-ranking Iraqi officers changed clothes with lower ranks or civilians to avoid any interrogation.

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