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A member of the U.S. military offers a sample of canned fruit to a refugee during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

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An Iraqi Soldier searches a local civilian as residents are allowed to return to their homes following offensive operations to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah, Iraq, in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar province, by units of the 1ST Marine Division, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi Soldier searches a local civilian as residents are allowed to return to their homes following offensive operations to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah, Iraq, in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar province, by units of the 1ST Marine Division, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An unidentified US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle guards two insurgents awaiting transport to interrogation in Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

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Shakir Muhamed Saleh (right), Chairman of the Al-Anbar Provincial Council, pays for the transportation, fuel, and media coverage for the 57 former prisoners just released from Abu Ghraib prison out of his own personal funds. These prisoners were released in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, before the were allowed to go to their own homes

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Iraqi civilians fleeing Baghdad on foot and in vehicles are stopped and detained temporarily for questioning by a US Marine Corps (USMC) member with the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, (LAR), Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT1), near the town of Al Fay, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi civilians fleeing Baghdad on foot and in vehicles are stopped and detained temporarily for questioning by a US Marine Corps (USMC) member with the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, (LAR), Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT1), near the town of Al Fay, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi soldiers enrolled in the Junior Leaders Course,

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Iraqi Army soldiers from the 6th Iraqi Army Division

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A member of the U.S. military offers a sample of canned fruit to a refugee during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James R. Klein

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

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23/04/1991
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