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A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Erik S. Hansen, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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