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U.S. Marine Corps Marines and foreign news reporters gather information inside an unmarked Islamic Resistance Center building, located in the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Dec. 2, 2004. This insurgent facility is being shown to the foreign media as part of their tour of various sites within the city of Fallujah to see the reconstruction efforts going on after the November battle between Multinational Forces and insurgents in the city of Fallujah, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released)
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U.S. Marine Corps Marines clear this unmarked Islamic Resistance Center building, located in the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Dec. 2, 2004, prior to foreign news reporters entering it as part of their tour through Fallujah. The foreign media is on a tour of various sites in Fallujah to see the reconstruction efforts going on after the November battle by Multinational Forces against insurgents in the city of Fallujah, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released)
Foreign news reporters enter an unmarked Islamic Resistance Center building, just cleared by U.S. Marine Corps Marines on Dec. 2, 2004, to gather information for their news stories. The foreign media is touring various sites within the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, to see the reconstruction efforts going on after the November battle between Multinational Forces and insurgents in the city of Fallujah, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released)
Foreign news reporters enter an unmarked Islamic Resistance Center building, just cleared by U.S. Marine Corps Marines on Dec. 2, 2004, to gather information for their news stories. The foreign media is touring various sites within the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, to see the reconstruction efforts going on after the November battle between Multinational Forces and insurgents in the city of Fallujah, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released)
U.S. Marine Corps Marines remain watchful for insurgents while foreign reporters gather information for their news stories inside a bloody basement in an unmarked Islamic Resistance Center building, located in the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Dec. 2, 2004. This basement may have served as a torture chamber and is being shown to the foreign media as part of their tour of various sites within the city of Fallujah to see the reconstruction efforts going on after the November battle between Multinational Forces and insurgents in the city of Fallujah, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released)
A U.S. Marine Corps Marine (left) stands security as other Marines search through rooms inside an unmarked Islamic Resistance Center building, located in the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Dec. 2, 2004, to clear the building prior to foreign news reporters entering the building to gather information for their news stories. The foreign media is touring various sites within the city of Fallujah to see the reconstruction efforts going on after the November battle between Multinational Forces and insurgents in the city of Fallujah, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released)
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U.S. Marine Corps Marines and Iraqi Army Soldiers look on as foreign reporters interview Iraqi males standing outside an Iraqi Red Crescent center, located in the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Dec. 2, 2004. This facility is being shown to the foreign media as part of their tour of various sites within the city of Fallujah to see the reconstruction efforts going on after the November battle between Multinational Forces and insurgents in the city of Fallujah, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released)
U.S. Marine Corps Marines stand guard as foreign news reporters gather information inside an unmarked Islamic Resistance Center building, located in the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Dec. 2, 2004. This insurgent facility is being shown to the foreign media as part of their tour of various sites within the city of Fallujah to see the reconstruction efforts going on after the November battle between Multinational Forces and insurgents in the city of Fallujah, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Fallujah
State: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: CPL Theresa M. Medina, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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