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A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and RPG launchers (rear), mortar rounds and mortar launchers (center) and various types of ammunition (front), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim...
A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and RPG launchers (rear), mortar rounds and mortar launchers (center) and various types of ammunition (front), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim...
A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and RPG launchers (rear), mortar rounds and mortar launchers (center) and various types of ammunition (front), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim...
A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in...
A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in...
Two RPG-7 launchers (left), various sand bags, bandoliers and ammunition cans (top, center), ree 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles, RPG-3 grenades and 82 mm Type 53 mortar rounds (bottom), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among e city and are in direct violation of e peace agreement between e Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious auority and leader of e Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by...
A large number of 82 mm Type 53 mortar rounds (left) and rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, is displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations...
Various types of binoculars (left), rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rounds, and RPG-7 grenade launchers, found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and...
A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) (front), 120 mm High Explosive (HE) bombs (rear, center), 120 mm white phosphorous mortar rounds (rear, right) and 82 mm Type 53 HE mortar rounds (rear, left), found at Muqtada Al Sadr's office in Old City Najaf, Iraq, are displayed at Forward Operating Base Duke, An Najaf Province, Iraq, by U.S. Marine Corps Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (Special Operations Capable) on Sept. 10, 2004. Iraqi Intervention Forces, Iraqi National Guard and the Iraqi Police, with the assistance of representatives for the Governor of An Najaf, coordinated a raid of Al Sadr's office and discovered this armament behind a freshly...
A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) (bottom), RPG-7 grenade launchers (top) and RPG-18 light anti-armour weapons (center, left), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) (bottom), RPG-7 grenade launchers (top) and RPG-18 light anti-armour weapons (center, left), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Dick S. Kotecki) (Released)
Base: An Najaf
State: An Najaf
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: CPL Dick S. Kotecki, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
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