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A Lithuanian Soldier speaks to an Iraqi girl waiting at a foster home where she will depart by bus for a flight to Poland, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Multinational Division Center-South (MND-CS), is sponsoring flights to Poland for children who lost their parents and live in foster homes in the Al Hillah region of Babil province, Iraq

Polish TV videotapes Iraqi children as they leave their foster home for a flight to Poland, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Multinational Division Center-South (MND-CS), is sponsoring flights to Poland for children who lost their parents and live in foster homes in the Al Hillah region of Babil province, Iraq

Iraqi children, leaving their foster homes, board a bus for a flight to Poland, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Multinational Division Center-South (MND-CS), is sponsoring flights to Poland for children who lost their parents and live in foster homes in the Al Hillah region of Babil province, Iraq

An Iraqi Kurd girl poses for a photograph, just outside of Erbil, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi Kurd girl poses for a photograph, just outside of Erbil, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi woman has her child photographed with gifts from U.S. Army soldiers from 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, Contigency Operating Base, Speicher, Iraq during a goodwill visit to a village outside Tikrit, Iraq April 1, 2006. The soldiers from the 101st receive boxes of goods in the mail from citizens of the U.S. to distribute amongst Iraqi citizens. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

A US Army (USA) Soldier (right), attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), poses for a photograph with two Iraqi boys in their home in the K3 (Oil) Pumping Station facility, located near the city of Hadithah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), while engaged in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Polish Army Soldier from the 1ST Battle Combat Team distributes bottles of water to local Iraqi children, during a patrol near the outskirts of Camp Babylon, located in Al Hillah in the Babil Province, in Iraq. Members of the Polish Army Soldiers conduct daily patrols as part of the Multi-National Division effort to maintain order and security in South Central Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A small Iraqi girl poses for a photograph after receiving candy from passing coalition forces, in the town of Umm Qasr, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Lithuanian Soldier poses with an Iraqi girl while a Polish Soldier takes a picture. The little girl is waiting at an foster home for departure by bus for a flight to Poland, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Multinational Division Center-South (MND-CS), is sponsoring flights to Poland for children who lost their parents and live in foster homes in the Al Hillah region of Babil province, Iraq

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Base: Al Hillah

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jose M. Hernandez, USA

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.

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Sgt. David Bamba, a broadcast journalist from the 305th

Former Iraqi soldiers gather to register for service and receive severance pay in Al Hillah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Soldiers search farm houses in northern Babil Provence with the assistance of Soldiers from the Polish 2nd Battle Group, during Operation"Hausar Wings"on June 28, 2005 in Babil Provence, Iraq.(U.S. Army photo by SGT. Arthur Hamilton)(Released)

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