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An old prison complex, located on the outskirts of Dahuk City in northern Iraq, is now home to many Iraqi Kurdish families. These are conditions that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has forced upon the Kurds since he quelled their 1991 uprising (Unphal) after the Persian Gulf War

An interior view of an old prison complex on the outskirts of Dahuk City in northern Iraq that is now home to many Iraqi Kurdish families

Residents walk through the town of Airoshky, in Dahuk City in northern Iraq. The town was bombed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's forces subdued the Kurdish 1991 uprising (Unphal) after the Persian Gulf War

Kurdish evacuees relax outside a family housing complex used as their temporary lodging at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of approximately 2,400 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

A Kurdish woman relaxes outside a family housing complex used as her temporary lodging at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,400 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

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

This thirty-foot tall bronze sculpture of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, sits atop at tower near the entrance to the grounds of the Republican Palace, in the International Zone (IZ) located in Central Baghdad, Iraq. Other sculptures have since been removed, following the overthrow of the Saddam Hussein regime. Photograph taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

With his sister holding on to him, a child holds on to his father, a school caretaker in An Nasiriya(h), Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

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

An old prison complex on the outskirts of Dahuk City in northern Iraq that is now home to many Iraqi Kurdish families. These are conditions that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has forced upon the Kurds since he subdued their 1991 uprising (Unphal) after the Persian Gulf War. Here, laundry is hung out to dry with the prison courtyard below

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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Theodore J. Koniares

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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US Army (USA) Corps of Engineers (USACE) Derek Walker (third from left, wearing desert camouflage), USACE Construction Representative, speaks with several Iraqi engineers, working with the USACE, about the progress of the Sumail Primary Health Clinic being built in Dahuk, Dahuk Province, Iraq (IRQ), by Iraqi contractors and sub-contractors as an US Army (USA) Corps of Engineers (USACE) designed and managed C type clinic (the largest and most capable of all health clinics) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi woman covers her face for the camera after she encourages the photographer to take a photo of her son. The woman was waiting in line during a Humanitarian Assistance Operations conducted by the U.S. Marine Corps, in a small villiage on the outskirts of Kufa, Iraq. Dec. 31, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CAPT. Carrie C. Batson) (Released)

A water tank and a line of M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) stand on an airfield. Equipment is being delivered to an airfield 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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Soldiers of the 471st Engineering Company (Vertical)

Kurdish men wait to begin a tour of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Roll_Thunder_5-27-07] Annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ["Ride for Freedom"--on behalf of the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW/MIA) cause--through Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the participants] [48-DPA-SOI_K_Roll_Thunder_5-27-07_DOI_3830.JPG]

A model of a North Vietnamese prisoner of war (POW) camp displayed at the U.S. Naval Aviation Museum

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter patrols over a tent city near Zakhu that was established for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

[Assignment: 48-DPA-12-01-07_SOI_K_Robb] Robben Island, near Cape Town, South Africa [--site of the 19th and 20th Century prison where political prisoners including future South African President Nelson Mandela were confined--as viewed during] visit by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] [48-DPA-12-01-07_SOI_K_Robb_IOD_8483.JPG]

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