Two young Iraqi youths, involved in a reconstruction project at the Zahko Military Academy, located just outside of Zahko, Iraq, pose for a photograph at their work site. The reconstruction project is funded and under the supervision of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Zahko
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV
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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