Unusually heavy rain caused
some problems at the MND(SE)
base at Basrah airport on
13 January, requiring additional
drainage channels to be dug
as a matter of urgency
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RAF personnel rescue
stores from a container
that was suffering from
water seepage
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A fire-fighter rests briefly
from his labours
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A British Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Team inspects a pile of
mortar bombs discovered by
Iraqi workmen
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A close examination of
one of the mortar rounds.
They were removed for safe
disposal by the EOD team
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Troops from the Royal
Regiment of Wales on patrol
in Basrah, where they are
working to restore calm
following recent protests by
local people over jobs and pay
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The RRW patrol moves
through a busy market
place in Basrah
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Temporary Deployed
Accommodation, a system
of modular tents with
air-conditioning and a wide
range of facilities, provide the
quarters at Basrah Airport
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Civilian firemen of the
Defence Fire Services
provide emergency cover
at the major logistics base
at Shaibah in southern Iraq
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One of the patrol dogs serving
with the Dog Section based
at Shaibah
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The British Forces Broadcasting
Service is maintaining its
long tradition of providing a
local radio service for UK troops
deployed on operations
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A photographer demonstrates
his digital camera to a young
boy during a visit to Basrah by
a US Army Combat Camera Team
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A soldier from the 9th/12th
Royal Lancers provides support
to Iraqi officers from the Police
Support Unit, dressed in riot gear,
dealing with a protest in Basrah
on 5 January. The incident was
resolved peacefully by the police
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The 2nd Battalion, The Parachute
Regiment, deployed to southern
Iraq in December 2003
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The Prime Minister visited
Basrah on 4 January, including
meeting instructors and students
at the police academy
in Az Zubayr
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Mr Blair sat in on one of the
classes for the Iraqi police officers
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Czech Military Police provided
security for the opening ceremony
of the new Police Academy
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27 December saw the opening
of a new Police Academy for
southern Iraq, at Az Zubayr. Some
6,000 Iraqi policemen will be trained
there in the first six months of 2004
in preparation for the transition to
a new Iraqi government
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Mr Stephen White, an Assistant
Chief Constable with the Police
Service of Northern Ireland, who is
responsible for the policing of
southern Iraq, presents
a PSNI crest to the Dean of
the new Academy
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Members of the multi-national
team of instructors - from left
to right: Czech and Danish
military police, British civilian
police, Italian Carabinieri,
British Royal Military Police
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