Iraqi lawyers board an RAF
Hercules at Basrah Airport
for a flight to Bahrain to take
part in an international
conference on human rights
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A member of the conference
delegation checks in with
RAF Movements personnel
at the airport
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For many of the delegates,
this was their first flight abroad.
The conference will give them
the opportunity to discuss
constitutional issues with
leading experts from around
the world
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A police patrol by the Iraqi
River Service on the Shatt
Al Arab waterway
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If necessary, the Iraqi river
patrols are able to call upon
very potent support - Royal
Marine fast boat teams
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The coxswain of an
RM craft
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The Chief of the General Staff,
General Sir Mike Jackson, visited
British forces in Basrah on
13 September
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Talking with a technician
at a field workshop
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General Jackson discusses
the work of Multi-National
Division (South-East) with its
commander, Major General
Graeme Lamb
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Troops of the Queen's
Lancashire Regiment on
patrol in Basrah
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A QLR soldier wriggles through
an opening to get access to
a building during a search
operation
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A soldier inspects an
elderly Sterling sub-machine
gun during a routine search
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Although some fifty years old, the venerable Canberra
PR9 remains one of the world's most capable reconnaissance
aircraft. Used on operations during the period of active hostilities,
the Canberras of 39 Squadron (1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit)
are now employed on photographic survey work to provide modern
mapping of Iraq
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An Iraqi engineer and a Sergeant
of 15 Support Squadron, Royal
Engineers, supervise the delivery
of a new mobile workshop built
in a shipping container by the
Sappers, for use in rebuilding
Iraqi power-lines
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The containerised workshop
includes a generator to provide
on-site power for the Iraqi
engineers of the Southern
Electricity Company working
in often remote locations
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A new electricity generator, built by General Electric
in the US, is delivered by an Antonov heavy-lift charter
aircraft to Basrah Airport
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Iraqi and King's Own Scottish
Borderers instructors train
members of the Iraqi Civil Defence
Corps on safe weapon handling
procedures - although the recruits
are former Iraqi soldiers, such
safety training was not emphasised
under the previous regime
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Newly arrived in Iraq, men of
2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry,
are briefed on the new Minimi
light machine-gun
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An RAF airman marshals an
Ilyushin charter aircraft arriving
at Akrotiri in Cyprus to collect
some of the equipment of
2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry,
being sent as reinforcements to Iraq
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Soldiers of the Light Infantry
practise the use of baton-guns
on a range in Cyprus, prior
to their deployment to join
Multi-National Division (South East)
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Soldiers check the gender of a
lorryload of sheep at the Iraqi
border - Iraqi law prohibits the
export of valuable ewes
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Men of the 1st Battalion,
The King's Own Scottish
Borderers, enjoy a meal
at Camp Abu Haji
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A Saxon armoured vehicle of the
Queen's Lancashire Regiment on patrol
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Soldiers use bolt-cutters to gain
access to a shed during an
operation against metal thieves
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The theft of aluminium and copper
- from roofs and the electrical power
infrastructure - remains a serious
problem in some areas. The soldiers
empty the shed of stolen metalwork
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An improvised smelting facility
was also discovered, which had
been used to produce these ingots
from the stolen aluminium
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Alongside the policing operations,
efforts are made to help the local
communities by financing the
proper disposal of often vast
quantities of rubbish that have
accumulated during years of neglect
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A soldier helps a local workman
in the clear the gutters
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A soldier from the Queen's Lancashire
Regiment administers first aid to
a prematurely born baby girl found
during a search for weapons. The
baby was taken to hospital and is
reported to be doing well
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Some of the weapons seized
during the search operation
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The Navstar, alongside in
Umm Qasr where the Iraqi
authorities are investigating
the alleged smuggling
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HMS Sutherland's Lynx
helicopter patrols near the
frigate in the northern Arabian Gulf
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The tanker Navstar, arrested
by a boarding party from
HMS Sutherland on suspicion
of smuggling oil from Iraq
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Members of Sutherland's
boarding party on a
boat patrol
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The three Gregson brothers,
all serving in Iraq with different
Territorial Army units: one is
a Royal Army Medical Major,
another a Royal Military Police
Sergeant, and the third a Royal
Engineer Captain
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General Abizaid, commander
of US Central Command,
is welcomed at Basrah airport
by Major-General Lamb during
a visit to Multi-National Division
(South-East)
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