Iraqi Riverine Patrol Service
personnel board a vessel
in the Shatt al Arab during
an operation by Iraqi and
British forces to crack down
on smuggling into Iran
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IRPS officers, trained by the
Royal Navy, board a larger ship
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An improvised sheep pen
at the British base in Basrah
holds animals seized from
a smuggling gang
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A Saxon armoured personnel
carrier negotiates a steep
incline during training in
southern Iraq
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An RAF Regiment gunner
during a search operation
for weapons used by a local
criminal gang
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Members of II Sqn RAF
Regiment with some of the
heavy weaponry uncovered
during the search
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A team from the Royal Highland
Fusiliers visiting a school to
plan the provision of a sports
pitch for the children
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The visitors attract the interest
of some of the pupils
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1RHF soldiers zero the
sights of their Saxons'
machine-guns
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Saxon armoured personnel carriers of the 1st Battalion Royal Highland Fusiliers
en route to a desert firing range
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Troops from the Royal Highland
Fusiliers distribute fresh water to
an Iraqi village
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British troops serving with
the Coalition headquarters
in Baghdad raised some
$7000 for local orphanages
with a six-hour swimming
marathon
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A pair of identical twins serving
with the Royal Air Force Regiment
are briefly reunited at Basrah
Airport - one serves with I Sqn,
which is relieving II Sqn, in which
his brother serves
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RAF Regiment gunners are
delivered by Chinook to
set up a temporary vehicle
check point
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A member of the small detachment of
Royal Highland Fusiliers based in
Baghdad to provide security support
to British diplomats and military staff
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Troops from 1st Battalion,
Royal Highland Fusiliers, practise
contact drills following their
deployment to southern Iraq
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A combined team of Iraqi and
British vehicle mechanics, the
latter personnel from the Royal
Electrical & Mechanical Engineers,
serving with the Light Aid Detachment
of the 1st Battalion,
Royal Highland Fusiliers
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The British hostage Mr Teeley
is helped from an RAF helicopter
following his safe release
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A batch of 22 new police cars
were handed over to the Iraqi
Police in Basrah at the end
of March
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RAF (foreground) and USAF
C-130 Hercules transports
at Basrah International
Airport
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A Royal Signals Lance
Corporal is greeted by a local
boy during a visit to the
Commonwealth War Graves
memorial at Shaibah
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Routine weapon safety
drills are performed when
entering or leaving bases
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A pair of Lynx Mk9 helicopters
from 649 Squadron, Army Air Corps,
prepare to depart on patrol
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A Royal Australian Naval
Officer at work in the headquarters
of Multi-National Division (South East)
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RAF Chinook helicopters
based at Basrah International
Airport
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The British logistic headquarters at Shaibah
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