Sharqat, Iraq, satellite image. This city, 300 kilometres north of Baghdad near Mosul, was a key insurgent centre during the Allied invasion and occup

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Sharqat, Iraq, satellite image. This city, 300 kilometres north of Baghdad near Mosul, was a key insurgent centre during the Allied invasion and occupation of Iraq. Taken by the Ikonos satellite on 30 August 2001.

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Photo credit: © GEOEYE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 30, 2001, 30/08/2001, august, city, earth, east, ikonos, image, insurgence, insurgent, iraq, iraqi, middle, observation, satellite, sharqat, space, urban