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  • Doctors working on an injured man, a gunshot victim, at Keysany Hospital, ICRC, in Mogadishu, the war torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • Doctors working on an injured man, a gunshot victim, at Keysany Hospital, ICRC, in Mogadishu, the war torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • A camel slaughter at dawn in Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • A freshly slaughtered calf by the side of the road near Mogadishu, Somalia. March 1992.
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  • A freshly dug grave in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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  • A one-legged human skeleton left behind in Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia where 30,000 people were killed between November 1991 and March 1992. March 1992.
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  • A camel slaughter at dawn in Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • Graves surround a private "villa" hospital in the north sector of Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia where 30,000 people were killed between November 1991 and March 1992. March 1992.
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  • USC fighter for General Aidid with his girlfriend and a watermelon in Mogadishu, war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, leader of USC Forces in South Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. Photographed at his headquarter in March 1992. On October 3, 1993 US soldiers were sent on a mission to capture Aidid and his lieutenants.
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  • Camel slaughtered for meat by the side of the road in Mogadishu, Somalia. March 1992.
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  • A 50 year old Somalian woman waiting to be fitted for a prosthesis in Hargeisa, Somaliland after losing her leg to a landmine while herding her cattle. Somaliland is the breakaway republic in northern Somalia that declared independence in 1991 after 50,000 died in civil war. March 1992.
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  • A 50 year old Somalian woman being examined in Hargeisa, Somaliland, by Dr. Chris Giannou of the International Committee of the Red Cross, after losing her leg to a landmine while herding her cattle. Somaliland is the breakaway republic in northern Somalia that declared independence in 1991 after 50,000 died in civil war. March 1992.
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  • Teenaged land mine victim recovering in a hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland?the breakaway republic in northern Somalia that declared independence in 1991 after 50,000 died in civil war. The three leading causes of death in Somalia are gastro-enteritis, T.B. and trauma, mostly from land mines, gun shots, and car accidents. March 1992.
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  • A 50 year old Somalian woman waiting to be fitted for a prosthesis in Hargeisa, Somaliland after losing her leg to a landmine while herding her cattle. Somaliland is the breakaway republic in northern Somalia that declared independence in 1991 after 50,000 died in civil war. March 1992.
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  • A young Somalian girl recovering the hospital after losing her leg to a landmine in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland, an unrecognized breakaway Republic of Somalia. The three leading causes of death in Somalia are gastro-enteritis, T.B. and trauma, mostly from land mines, gun shots, and car accidents. March 1992.
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  • A Somalian child recovering in the hospital after being blinded and injured while playing with a landmine in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland. The three leading causes of death in Somalia are gastro-enteritis, T.B. and trauma, mostly from land mines, gun shots, and car accidents. Somaliland is the breakaway republic in northern Somalia that declared independence in 1991 after 50,000 died in civil war. March 1992.
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  • A landmine victim recovering in a hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The three leading causes of death in Somalia are gastro-enteritis, T.B. and trauma, mostly from land mines, gun shots, and car accidents. Somaliland is the breakaway republic in northern Somalia that declared independence in 1991 after 50,000 died in civil war March 1992.
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  • Abdillahi Behi Oday, head of Somali National Pioneer Corps with mine display at Rimfire headquarters? the British company which is coordinating and training the de-mining effort of the Pioneers. He is holding a Pakastani anti-personnel mine, which is the most common one found in the area. Hargeisa, Somaliland. Somaliland is the breakaway republic in northern Somalia that declared independence in 1991 after 50,000 died in civil war March 1992.
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  • Dr. Chris Giannou of the International Committee of the Red Cross with a patient who is recovering from a landmine blast. In the ICRC hospital in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland. Somaliland is the breakaway republic in northern Somalia that declared independence in 1991 after 50,000 died in civil war March 1992.
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  • A mental hospital built by the British in the 1930's. The hospital is named "Jail Magnoun" which is Arabic for "mad". Once a patient is committed to the hospital there is no chance of release. Some patients, like the one pictured, are caged or chained. Berbera, Somaliland.
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  • A mental hospital built by the British in the 1930's. The hospital is named "Jail Magnoun" which is Arabic for "mad". Once a patient is committed to the hospital there is no chance of release. Some patients, like the one pictured, are caged or chained. Berbera, Somaliland.
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  • A mental hospital built by the British in the 1930's. The hospital is named "Jail Magnoun" which is Arabic for "mad". Once a patient is committed to the hospital there is no chance of release. Some patients, like the one pictured, are chained. Berbera, Somaliland.
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  • Abdillahi Behi Oday, head of Somali National Pioneer Corps with mine display at Rimfire headquarters? the British company which is coordinating and training the de-mining effort of the Pioneers. He is holding a Pakastani anti-personnel mine, which is the most common one found in the area. Hargeisa, Somaliland, an unrecognized breakaway Republic of Somalia. Somaliland is the breakaway republic in northern Somalia that declared independence in 1991 after 50,000 died in civil war March 1992.
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  • The shoes of landmine victims in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Nearby, a de-mining crew found a mass grave where 200 locals were executed by the Siad Barre governmental troops in 1988. Somaliland is the breakaway republic in northern Somalia that declared independence in 1991 after 50,000 died in civil war March 1992.
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