22) is currently defending Iraqis oil terminals as part of a joint effort between US and Coalition Forces to provide security against terrorist attacks to Iraq's oil platforms in the North Persian Gul
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Download Image of Hundreds of oil tankers each year receive their payload from Iraq's Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT). Mobile Security Force Detachment 22 (MSFD-22) is currently defending Iraqis oil terminals as part of a joint effort between US and Coalition Forces to provide security against terrorist attacks to Iraq's oil platforms in the North Persian Gulf during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Free for commercial use, no attribution required.  The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT)

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Richard J. Brunson, Usn

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.