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Kurdish children play as their mothers tend cooking fires at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camp to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort
A Kurdish family gathers for a meal at a refugee camp near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camps were established by the thousands of 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
Kurdish refugees gather a U.S. soldier as they move supplies from a landing zone to a camp. The material is being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq
Kurdish men at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border gather outside a barbed-wire enclosure to pick up food for their families. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camp to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort
Kurdish women and children line the banks of a stream running through a refugee camp near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camps were established by the thousands of 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
Kurdish refugees travel by truck between their mountain campsites and tent cities established by U.S. military personnel. Such facilities are being established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq
Kurdish refugees watch a delivery of food supplies by Allied forces during Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq
A Kurdish refugee camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. Supplies are being delivered to the camp 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 Kurdish refugee camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. Supplies are being delivered to the camp 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 young Kurdish refugee tends a cooking fire outside her family's tent in northern Iraq. U.S. and coalition forces are setting up shelter and providing food to the refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dante Deangelis
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
01/04/1991
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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