US Army (USA) Military Police (MP) and members of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) provide security for a United States Congressional Delegation that is touring various facilities and meeting with personnel deployed to Baghdad in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The individual is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 and a Caliber.45, Model 1911 Automatic Pistol

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US Army (USA) Military Police (MP) and members of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) provide security for a United States Congressional Delegation that is touring various facilities and meeting with personnel deployed to Baghdad in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The individual is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 and a Caliber.45, Model 1911 Automatic Pistol

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Base: Baghdad International Airport

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: Army SP

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lisa M. Zunzanyika, USAF

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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