Blaze, an extremely successful
Army search dog used to
locate arms caches
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Iraqi civilians crossing the
Shatt-al-Arab over the newly
reopened Cullingworth Bridge
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The Commanding Officer of
the Queen's Royal Hussars
(The Queen's Own & Royal Irish)
presents shamrocks to his men
on St Patrick's Day
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An officer of 2 Para presents
a sleeping bag to a young
patient in hospital. The child's
gift was part of a very large
consignment of items donated
by families in the Battalion's
home town of Colchester
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Royal Engineer divers at
work in the murky waters
of the Shatt-al-Arab, as part
of the repair team for the
Cullingworth Bridge
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Royal Engineers at work
repairing the Cullingworth
pontoon bridge at Basrah,
sunk in an accident on
29 December 2003
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The pontoon bridge, named
in memory of a Royal Engineer
killed during Operation Telic,
begins to extend back across
the Shatt-al-Arab waterway
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An Iraqi welder
repairs one of the
pontoons used to
support the bridge
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A British explosive ordnance
disposal Warrant Officer shows
one of the many thousands of
old Iraqi artillery shells being
made safe at a huge arms
dump at Tallil
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The ammunition, some of it
highly unstable, lies scattered
around an area of some
14 square kilometres
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Italian EOD personnel
supervise the movement
by Iraqi workmen of
ammunition that has been
assessed as safe
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Ammunition is moved into
one of the new specialist
facilities at Shaibah designed
for the safe storage of ammunition
in stable environmental conditions
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The newly appointed Iraqi
Brigadier commanding the
Iraqi Civil Defence Corps
in Basrah inspects part
of his 5,000 strong force
accompanied by representatives
from Multi-National Division (SE)
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An RAF Chinook prepares
to lift a newly repaired electricity
pylon into position, in a novel
technique pioneered by
British forces for repairing
the power grid in the marshes
of southern Iraq where crane access
is problematic
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The Chinook begins to lift
the 4.5 ton pylon
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Despite 30 knot winds,
the helicopter carefully
positions the structure
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Sappers from 37 Armoured Squadron Royal Engineers guide the
pylon feet into position
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Czech military police supervise
the training of Iraqi police
instructors on a successful
"training the trainers" course
at Shaibah. The Iraqi officers
will now be able to run their
own training courses for
new recruits
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Two Iraqi Riverine Patrol
Service boats at high speed:
the Royal Navy Training Team
has been able to double the
size of the courses training IRPS
officers for their key role in
policing the extensive southern
Iraqi waterways
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An RAF Regiment patrol
prepares to board a Chinook
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The Royal Regiment of Wales
enjoys a friendly match
against a team from the
Iraqi Police Support Unit;
the Iraqis triumphed 9:1
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Dutch troops apprehended
a team of tomb robbers
pillaging the archaeological
site at Al Warka, the ancient
Sumerian city of Uruk
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An ancient tomb attacked
by the robbers
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Some of the stolen
pottery recovered
by the Dutch troops
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450 personnel from MND(SE)
participated in a charity
half-marathon on 13 February,
braving a 40mph sandstorm
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The male and female winners;
the run raised over $4200 for
Macmillan Cancer Research
and three local Iraqi schools
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The Immediate Response
medical team at Basrah
International Airport
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A local councillor receives
part of a large consignment
of toys, shoes and food
donated by people in Ashford

HRH The Prince of Wales
talks with the men of 2 Para
during his visit to Basrah
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