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Kurdish refugees fill containers with purified water on the outskirts of their tent city near Zakhu. Such necessities are being proved as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid those fleeing the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Soldiers fill containers with purified water for Kurdish refugees on the outskirts of a tent city near Zakhu. Such necessities are being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid those fleeing the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Kurdish refugee carries a container of purified water back to camp as others line up to receive their supply on the outskirts of their tent city near Zakhu. Such necessities are being proved as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid those fleeing the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees gather to collect purified water at their tent city in Zakhu. The camp was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An overview of a tent city near Zakhu established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled 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

Kurdish refugees gather around stacks of supplies delivered to their tent city as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A tent city sprawls across the plains on the outskirts of Zakhu. The encampment was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees sit beside boxes of bottled water, part of a supply delivery to a newly established tent city near Zakhu. The supplies and construction of the tent city are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees fill containers with purified water on the outskirts of their tent city near Zakhu. Such necessities are being proved as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid those fleeing 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

Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: LCDR Skip Burdon

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/04/1991
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