What a great thread!
It was fun to look at each item and then think about it and then read the replies. I saw good explanations for most everything except the patterns in Iraq. It almost looks like a city layout but I doubt that's what it is.
If you go into Syria a bit from there, there are a lot of other great things to ponder. The big black spot, the "walled" square, which really looks more like the "ditched" square. And all the crazy pattern tire tracks.
So all you smart A%#es that were so clever on the easy ones. What is the stuff in the Iraq post?