Iraq has become a black hole in the world news. A paradoxal black hole which journalists report about every day, gruesome statistics, abstract number of bodies picked up every morning on which we know nothing. Who kills who ? Are the islamist terrorists the only ones to kill the iraqi civilians ? Why is the police unable to maintain public order ? What are the americans doing about it ? At the peak of the conflict in Iraq, we went to investigate the origins of the civil war and the slow agony of a nation. To understand why for the iraqis the police forces have become synonymous of danger. Why most dead bodies are wearing brand new police handcuffs.