In the mist of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, in the Conference Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, Sayed Hossien Al-Sader speaks to the delegates of the Iraqi Interim Authority (IIA) Conference, about his repatriation from England to Iraq after 24 years of exile. The IIA will govern Iraq as the people of Iraq establish a democratic process for governing their country
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Tammy L. Grider, 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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Date
28/04/2003
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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