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The Honorable John Negroponte (second from left), U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (third from left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, and U.S. Army GEN. George W. Casey, Jr., (left), Commanding General Multi-National Forces Iraq, hold an impromptu press conference after conducting a high level meeting in the U.S. Embassy in the Green Zone, Baghdad, Baghdad Province, Iraq, on Oct. 10, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (DoD photo by TECH. SGT. R. Nick Sieers) (Released)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: US Embassy
State: Baghdad Province
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT R. Nick Siers, USAF
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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10/10/2004
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The U.S. National Archives
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