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(050702-A-9144B-008)On July 2, 2005 soldiers from 1ST Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (1/11 ACR) block a road with concrete barriers for force protection and traffic control. The barriers are set up near a site where elements of 1/11 ACR are setting up a free medical clinic for low level treatment for the residents of Abu Gharaib neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq. The 1/11 ACR is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(050702-A-9144B-008) (US ARMY PHOTO by: SPC Timothy J. Belt 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) (RELEASED)
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Country: Unknown
Scene Major Command Shown: 1/11 ACR
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Timothy J. Belt, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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