Briones took pictures that day of the bodies in the houses, I think. Lucian Read went back on Nov. 21 and took pictures of the bodies in their burial “shrouds” (white sheets) after they were brought back from the morgue. A couple of Iraqis asked for him to take the pictures when a patrol stopped in the neighborhood. The way he writes the article, the interaction was not confrontational (at that point) from either the Marines or Iraqi’s viewpoint.
Sorry I missed that big detail of the days of photos being taken. I dug up an old story about Briones and it said he was “ordered” to take the photos. I didn’t see it, but do you happen to know who “ordered” him to take the pics? He just happened to have a camera on him, so does that mean it is not a normal thing for pics to be taken after every attack?