Dr. Jabir Khalil Ibrahim (left), State Board of Antiquities and Colonel (COL) Safa Adeen Mahdi Salih, Iraqi Police, hold the Warka Mask a marble sculpture dating from circa 3100 BC. The Warka Mask was missing from the Iraqi Museum since the liberation of Iraq. The Al Qanot Police station of the Iraqi Police service and the 812th Military Police Company (MP CO), 519th Military Police Battalion (MP BN), 18th Military Police Brigade (MP BDE), in a joint investigation recovered the Warka Mask during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Dr. Hussein Abas Ali (grey suit), Dean of the Natural History Museum and Research Center, provides the opening remarks and thanks US troops at a ceremony celebrating the re-opening of the Baghdad University Museum and Internet Cafe in Baghdad, Iraq. In the center background is US Army (USA) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) John Kem, Commander, 16th Engineer Battalion (ENG BN), 1ST Brigade (BDE), 1ST Armored Division (AD), who will address the gathering. The museum and internet cafe were rebuilt using $40,000 of the Commander's Emergency Relief Program (CERP) funds from the US Army's 1ST Armored Division (AD) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A U.S. Marine Corps Marine (left) stands security as one of the last of the Arab reporters exits the Dr. Talib Al-Janabi Hospital, in the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Dec. 2, 2004. The foreign media is on a tour of various sites in Fallujah to see the reconstruction efforts going on after the November 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)

LT. COL. Alan Koenig salutes members of Iraqi's the 7th Division Iraqi Army Military Police as he passes on his way to the 7th Iraqi Army Division Headquarters on Camp Blue Diamond, Iraq for Prime Minister Nuri al-Malakis historic visit. II MEF is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. David J. Murphy) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps MAJ. M. Naomi Hawkins (left), Public Affairs Officer, 4th Civil Affairs Group, is interviewed by an Arab television news crew (right) in front of the Dr. Talib Al-Janabi Hospital, in the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Dec. 2, 2004. The foreign media is on a tour of various sites in Fallujah to see the reconstruction efforts going on after the November 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)

An Iraqi Army (IA) Soldier (left), 3rd Brigade, 6th IA Division, poses for a photograph with a young Iraqi boy, while taking a break from providing outer perimeter security for a joint IA and US Army (USA) Bravo Company (B Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 22nd Infantry Regiment (2/22nd), Multi-National Division Baghdad (MND-B), Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP) at the Kardum Shihan School, in the village of Bassam, Baghdad Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. This MEDCAP operation was conducted in order to provide humanitarian assistance and to develop good intelligence about the local situation

US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Jerry L. Durrant (left), Commander, Iraqi Security Force (ISF), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), awards a Purple Heart medal to USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) K. T. Kjesbu, ISF, 1ST MARDIV, for wounds he received from combat during Operation Al Fajr (Phantom Fury). Operation Al Fajr is part of a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted against Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Dr. Jabir Khalil Ibrahim (left), State Board of Antiquities and Colonel (COL) Safa Adeen Mahdi Salih, Iraqi Police, hold the Warka Mask a marble sculpture dating from circa 3100 BC. The Warka Mask was missing from the Iraqi Museum since the liberation of Iraq. The Al Qanot Police station of the Iraqi Police service and the 812th Military Police Company (MP CO), 519th Military Police Battalion (MP BN), 18th Military Police Brigade (MP BDE), in a joint investigation recovered the Warka Mask during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Baghdad

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT James M. Bowman, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

23/09/2003

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