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U.S. military personnel coordinate the day's activities in their base camp, situated near a Kurdish refugee camp at Silopi. Military personnel are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A military camp and a Kurdish refugee camp are situated side by side on the plain. Military personnel are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein northern Iraq

A Marine officer and a local resident converse during a tour of the area by U.S. military personnel. Allied forces are in the region as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

U.S. military personnel take a break outside their base camp. U.S. forces are in the area helping to set up camp sites along the Turkey-Iraq border as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A tent city spreads out over the fields outside Zakhu during Operation Provide Comfort. The settlement is providing shelter for Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Local residents stand outside their home, situated near a Kurdish refugee camp. Such camps are being established by Allied military personnel during Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugee children prepare to take containers to a well at their tent city near Zakhu. The camp was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Tents fill a clearing at one of the refugee camps established near Turkey's border with Iraq by Kurds who fled their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Supplies are unloaded at a U.S. military camp in Zakhu. Military personnel in the area are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A sign at a U.S. military base camp indicates the distances between the camp and various other locations. Military personnel are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Base: Silopi

Country: Turkey(TUR)

Scene Camera Operator: LT J.G. Don Savage

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/04/1991
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REFUGEES, CROWD OF PEOPLE INSIDE

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