Archive photo of the day
From the archives: Iraqi soldiers march at Camp Independence in Baghdad, 2005
Stars and Stripes
October 12, 2025
(Teri Weaver/Stars and Stripes)
Camp Independence, Iraq, June 1, 2005: Iraqi soldiers practice marching in front of an unfinished mosque at Camp Independence in Baghdad. The mosque was being built before the war began and was meant to be the largest in the world, according to U.S. officers.