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A Custer Battles K-9 handler pulls off his bite dog after it took down a man in a protective suit during a training session at Baghdad International Airport (IAP), Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. A bite dog is a dog that tackles a suspect bites and holds him until commanded to release him by the handler

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A Custer Battles K-9 handler pulls off his bite dog after it took down a man in a protective suit during a training session at Baghdad International Airport (IAP), Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. A bite dog is a dog that tackles a suspect bites and holds him until commanded to release him by the handler

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Base: Baghdad International Airport

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: 447th Air Expeditionary Group

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stacy L. Pearsall, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.

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09/11/2003
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