The US is now ransacking Fallujah’s name, too, while the system it bequeathed Iraqis seeks legitimacy through football.

The US is now ransacking Fallujah’s name, too, while the system it bequeathed Iraqis seeks legitimacy through football.

Poverty, fear and securitisation reign over Baghdad’s once-thriving downtown.
![People on the bank of the Tigris river at sunset in Baghdad, Iraq on December 6, 2020 [Nabil Salih/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSCF0308.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Amid violence, greed and negligence, old Baghdad is disappearing.
![People walk across al-Shuhada bridge in Baghdad, Iraq on September 7, 2020. [Nabil Salih/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSCF2886.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)