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British and Czech Military Police
help an Iraqi Policeman conduct
a vehicle check in Basrah

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An HS-125 of 32 Squadron
was probably the first RAF
aircraft to land at Mosul since
the 1950s

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Seventy years ago... RAF
Harts at Mosul
in 1935
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Iraqi youths bring soft drinks
to Royal Engineers at work
refurbishing and improving
the security of the police
station in Al Majarr al Kabir
where six RMP soldiers were
killed in June
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Water pours from pipes riddled
by gunfire by Iraqis seeking
to cool off in the hot weather.
While bringing relief to a few,
specialist engineers from the
British Army have to coordinate
urgent repair work to the pipes to
ensure the majority of the
population do not go short of water


Soldiers of the King's Own
Scottish Borderers proudly
wear the traditional rose to
mark the anniversary of the
Battle of Minden on 1 August

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Gunners of 38 Battery, Royal
Artillery, conduct a river patrol
on the Shatt al Arab waterway
in southern Iraq
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The river patrol checks
documentation during operations
against smuggling

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Oil tankers impounded by
British forces in Basrah
having been used for oil
smuggling

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A Saxon armoured personnel
carrier of the Queen's Lancashire
Regiment on patrol in Basrah
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Three members of the same
family serving together in Iraq:
Corporal Stuart Gammie (left)
is a Regular Army Corporal with
the King's Own Scottish Borderers,
while his brother Private Ian Gammie
and father Corporal Douglas Gammie
(right) are TA Reservists from
52nd Lowland Regiment

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Iraqi police working with soldiers
of the
Queen's Lancashire
Regiment
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A Lance Corporal of the
Royal Military Police, on
patrol in Al Majarr al Kabir,
where six colleagues were
killed a few weeks previously
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Former members of the Iraqi
Armed Forces receive a stipend
from the Coalition Provisional
Authority
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An officer of the King's Regiment
checks weapons confiscated
at a vehicle check point set
up in southern Iraq
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US Deputy Secretary for Defense
Paul Wolfowitz is briefed on the
work of the Queen's Lancashire
Regiment in Basrah
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Troops from the Light Dragoons,
supported by a Royal Navy Sea
King, man a vehicle check point
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The RAF detachment at Basrah
International Airport on 16 July
2003, 88 years after the Royal
Flying Corps first operated in
the region. Working with Iraqi
personnel, they handle 50 aircraft
movements a day
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Visiting Members of Parliament
from the House of Commons Defence
Select Committee are briefed at
Basrah on UK operations by
Major General Graham Lamb
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An Iraqi policeman and a
soldier of the Queen's
Lancashire Regiment conduct a
routine vehicle search in Basrah;
illegal weapons and drugs are a
high priority for the police operations
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A female soldier comforts a
baby and reassures her mother
during a search for weapons
and drugs in Basrah
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