Destruction in Baghdad

Mourners carry the casket of a victim of an explosion at an outdoor market in Baghdad Friday. More than 50 people died and about 50 others were hurt in the blast. Witnesses said the market was struck by a missile, which the U.S. military would not confirm. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

Sept. 15, 2014 2:01 PM PT

A closer look at damage from recent U.S. bombings.
March 28, 2003

Staffers at Nour Hospital in Baghdad wheel out Muslim Naama, 19, after surgery to remove shrapnel lodged in his abdomen as a result of the marketplace blast. I dont remember so many injured people, so much blood everywhere, in this hospital before, a doctor said. Even doctors and nurses were shocked. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

The body of a young boy lies in a casket outside Nour Hospital before being taken to a mosque. Residents were at the market to buy food, meet with neighbors and try to live a somewhat normal life despite a U.S.-led bombing campaign elsewhere in Baghdad. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

A man mourns the loss of a relative who was killed at the outdoor market. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

Elsewhere in Baghdad, an Iraqi boy waits for his grandfather after an American bomb landed a block away. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

Mourners grieve over victims of an explosion in a working-class neighborhood. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

Saddam Tower, one of the main centers of telecommunication in Baghdad, was damaged by U.S. bombing in recent days. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

Residents move through their apartment building one block from where bombs damaged telecommunication buildings in Baghdad. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

Saddam Tower, one of the main centers of telecommunication in Baghdad, was damaged by U.S. bombing in recent days. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)

A large crater was left in the middle of the road next to one of the main telecommunication buildings in central Baghdad, a target of U.S bombing. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)