Iraq: Private Military Contractors by Morten Hvaal

The door gunner of a British Royal Air Force Puma helicopter flying from the Baghdad's International Zone to the airport watches the streets below as magnesium flares are fired as a counter-measure to heat-seeking missiles on November 6, 2006. Helicopters flying low and fast, making sudden tactical manoeuvres are believed to be the least dangerous means of transport in the Iraqi capital.