Iraqi medics move injured civilians to an ambulance after a car bomb detonated in South Baghdad during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The target was the local Iraqi police force. Of the eighteen casualties, only two were police officers
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Ronald Shaw Jr., 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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medics
move
iraqi medics move
civilians
ambulance
car
bomb
car bomb
baghdad
south baghdad
operation iraqi freedom
target
police
force
iraqi police force
casualties
eighteen casualties
officers
iraq
high resolution
police officers
spc ronald shaw
us national archives
Date
14/04/2005
in collections
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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