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Celebrating Iraqi civilians pose and perform for the camera at the Quadasiyah Hospital in Saddam City, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are defaced or removed as allied forces encounter them, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) prepare to fire a Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided (TOW) missile at a building in Mosul, Iraq, in which Uday and Qusay Hussein, the Sons of Saddam Hussein, have barricaded themselves and refused to surrender to authorities

Two Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), walk along a covered walkway during a raid of the Al Haq Mosque in order to search for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

These Iraqi Army Soldiers and civilians stand inside the Hadhrah Mosque, which is the site of an Iraqi Army controlled humanitarian assistance distribution site, in the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Nov. 23, 2004. Iraqi civilians are able to come to the humanitarian assistance site to receive assistance at the conclusion of the week-long battle by Multinational Forces against insurgents in the city of Fallujah, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released)

Celebrating the arrival of her nephew, Elva Flores, aunt of STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) G. Gomez, USMC, plays her bongo drums. SSGT Gomez is from Caguas, Puerto Rico, attached to Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), 1ST Marine Division (1MARDIV), Camp Pendleton, California. SSGT Gomez was on a six-month deployment for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

US Army (USA) Soldiers fire illumination flares from a 120mm mortar cannon on a mortar carrier Stryker in Mosul, Iraq (IRQ) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The USA Soldiers are from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (HHS), 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment (1/17th Infantry), 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), Ft. Wainwright, Alaska (AK)

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

A "combat ready Teddy" let's his (her) feelings known to the Marines of 1ST Marine Division (MD), Division Main (DM), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

Makeshift fireworks light the sky above Baghdad, Iraq, celebrating the death of Saddam Hussein's Sons, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Coalition forces in Mosul, Iraq, killed Uday and Qusay Hussein, after the two resisted efforts to be apprehended or detained

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Baghdad

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SPC Matthew Willingham, USA

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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makeshift fireworks light makeshift fireworks light sky baghdad iraq death saddam hussein saddam hussein sons operation iraqi freedom coalition forces coalition forces mosul uday qusay qusay hussein efforts high resolution iraqi freedom spc matthew willingham us national archives
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22/07/2003
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