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US Army (USA) Soldiers from Able Company 2nd Battalion (BN), 69th Armor Regiment (AR REGT), 3rd Brigade (BDE), 3rd Infantry Division (ID), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), patrol the streets of Al-Nasr armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and an M1025 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) along with Soldiers of 204th Iraqi Army Battalion during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The HMMWV is armed with a Browning M2 HB 0.50 heavy machine gun. The Iraqi Army is using a 7.62 PKM light machine gun on their Mercedes truck
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Base: Al Nasr
State: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Infantry Division
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Albert Eaddy, 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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