Life in Hell - A Photo Essay of Baghdad

These visions & commentaries remind me of what the Bible says - The Devil comes to steal, kill & destroy...

Below is a short paragraphy from the diary of a journalist for TIME:
"A knot begins to form in my stomach exactly at 8 a.m., when I step into the small Fokker F-28 jet that will take me and 50 other passengers from Amman, Jordan, to Baghdad. I know what lies ahead: an hour's uneventful flying over unchanging desert, followed by the world's scariest landing--a steep, corkscrewing plunge into what used to be Saddam Hussein International Airport. Then an eight-mile drive into the city along what's known as the Highway of Death. I've made this trip more than 20 times since Royal Jordanian's civilian flights started three years ago, and you'd expect it would get easier. But the knot takes hold in my stomach every time."

Read the full diary entry here.