Dan Sockle, Defense Department Human Terrain Team research manager, shakes hands with Sheikh Akbar Hussain, a Sultan Saqi shrine and cemetery caretaker, during a shrine restoration ceremony, May 27. Local family members of the buried, and Iraqi civil and religious leaders were welcomed on base to visit the site after being restricted from the land for 35 years by former Iraqi leaders. Sheikh Akbar's family has been taking care of the shrine for nearly 400 years.
| Date Taken: | 05.27.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 05.30.2009 04:52 |
| Photo ID: | 175878 |
| VIRIN: | 090530-F-1508L-003 |
| Resolution: | 750x600 |
| Size: | 408.27 KB |
| Location: | KIRKUK, IQ |
| Web Views: | 73 |
| Downloads: | 8 |
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