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Previous operational pictures from 3 Commando Brigade, 7 Armoured Brigade and 16 Air Assault Brigade can be found here:
Archive 1 (the initial attack and securing Umm Qasr and the Al Faw peninsula)
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An RAF Regiment sniper keeps watch (Click here for high resolution version)
Iraqis show leaflets dropped from coalition aircraft (Click here for high resolution version)
The painstaking task of mine clearance (Click here for high resolution version)
42 Commando in action (Click here for high resolution version)
A pair of Challenger 2 tanks of the Queen's Royal Lancers in action nearby (Click here for high resolution version)
A Fusilier machine-gunner keeps watch as night falls over Basrah (Click here for high resolution version)
Commandos advance across mudbanks (Click here for high resolution version)
M3 amphibious rigs ferry AS90 guns across a river (Click here for high resolution version)
Commandos advance near Basrah, armed with the light anti-tank weapons that helped defeat Iraqi tank attacks (Click here for high resolution version)
An armoured mortar vehicle of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers providing fire support during action near Basrah (Click here for high resolution version)
Royal Marines and US Marines on a joint patrol (Click here for high resolution version)
A patrol alongside one of the waterways (Click here for high resolution version)
Children are understandably wary as a check is made that no regime paramilitaries have stayed behind (Click here for high resolution version)
Vehicles of 40 Commando (Click here for high resolution version)
The crew of an Irish Guards Warrior enjoy a brief rest near Basrah (Click here for high resolution version)
A security check point, to guard against paramilitaries (Click here for high resolution version)
An armourer from 42 Commando inspects Iraqi weapons recovered from a patrol in Umm Qasr (Click here for high resolution version)
Weapons recovered from a patrol in Umm Qasr (Click here for high resolution version)
An AS-90 of 3 RHA engages targets near Basrah (Click here for high resolution version)
A Challenger 2 of the Queen's Royal Lancers on patrol (Click here for high resolution version)
A cahce of chemical warfare protective equipment was uncovered at Umm Qasr (Click here for high resolution version)
Specialists from the Joint NBC Regiment examine the find (Click here for high resolution version)
Marines from 42 Commando fight against a sand storm (Click here for high resolution version)
Marines from 42 Commando in a helicopter from 845 Squadron (Click here for high resolution version)
A Sea King from 845 Squadron picks up Marines from Umm Qasr (Click here for high resolution version)
Royal Marines from 42 Commando secure the area around Umm Qasr (Click here for high resolution version)
Brigadier Jim Dutton of 3 Commando Brigade talks with a young Iraqi on a patrol in Umm Qasr (Click here for high resolution version)
Children demonstrate their friendliness to a Royal Marine foot patrol from 40 Commando at Umm Qasr (Click here for high resolution version)
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