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  • A British Army officer mentoring Afghan forces crouches behind a mud wall and covers one ear as an Afghan National Army soldier fires an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) at a Taliban position. Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 7th of July 2007.
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  • A US trained anti-narcotics police officer crouches on a helicopter landing zone in a rainstorm whilst on an operation against drug traffickers in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Colombia.
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  • Soldiers from A Company 1st Battalion Royal Anglian's, known as 'The Vikings' move along a ditch as other members of their unit provide covering fire whilst conducting operations against the Taliban in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan on the 29th June 2007. The soldiers made a Tactical Advance to Battle over night carrying just food, water and ammunition. At first light they moved on their objectives; a series of compounds, orchards and paddy fields. During the day they exchanged fire with the enemy on a number of occasions. 13 Taliban were killed, 1 British soldier and 3 Afghan troops were wounded.<br />
29/06/07..Sangin Valley, Helmand, Afghanistan.
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  • Marie Sol and her boyfriend Bernardo kissing near their FARC camp in Caqueta.
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  • Corporal Price (Nicknamed SLICE for the machete he carries) moves through a cloud of smoke and dust caused by the explosive charge he just used to create a breach in a compound wall. An attachment of Royal Engineers( EOD specialists) and  B (Malta) Company 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment undertake a 16 hour foot patrol to clear IED's (improvised explosive devices) around their base. The mission, which is one of the most dangerous tasks undertaken by the troops involved isolating suspected IED sites by blowing through compound walls and creating a cordon whilst the suspect site is examined and the any devices found are neutralized. The patrol left the base under the cover of darkness and worked throughout the day in searing temperatures reaching 55 C occasionally exchanging fire with the enemy. At nightfall the patrol retuned to base.  Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 20th of August 2010.
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  • A wounded Government soldier lies alongside his dead companion moments after a FARC planted bomb exploded in a bus used as a roadblock. The highway had been cut on the 23rd of February and  Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped when her vehicle was stopped at the obstruction.
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  • Private Stephen Bainbridge, aged 25, from Kirkcaldy a soldier with 3 SCOTS (The Black Watch) lays gravely wounded in a compound after an IED explosion which traumatically amputated his right leg and damaged his left so badly that it too later had to be amputated. His life was saved by the swift actions of Cpl John Goodie (21) a medic with 1 PWRR (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) who applied tourniquets and first field dressings to get the bleeding under control. Private Chis Watson (21) also assisted in the treatment whilst reassuring the casualty and keeping him alert and responsive.  Once he had been stabilized the men CASEVAC'd Private Bainbridge to the MERT helicopter and he was rushed to Bastion Field Hospital.  Loya Manda, Nad e Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • 28 November 2004. Yusufiya, Iraq. Operation 'Plymouth Rock' /Amphibious landing.....US Marines and Iraqi National Guard executed the largest ever amphibious landing to take place in Iraq thus far in the area of Yusufiya as part of operation 'Plymouth Rock' aimed at targeting insurgent and criminal groups. After a dawn insertion by gunboat the combined forces made a sweep through palm groves, orchards and farmland searching for hidden weapons.Photographed on assignment for the New York Times.
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  • US Marines raid homes of suspected insurgents. After a tip off from an Iraqi informant US Marines staged a night time raid against suspected insurgents in the town of Mahmudiyah a hotbed of anti-occupation activity. The targets were suspected of being involved at a high level with the planning and executing of IED (Improvised Explosive Device) attacks against coalition forces. Photographed on assignment for the NY Times. 2 December 2004. Mahmudiyah, Iraq.
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  • A young girl peers around nervously as the bus she is travelling on slows at a checkpoint near Puerto Asis, Putumayo.
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  • A Taliban fighter lays in the ruins of his collapsed bunker. Soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Anglian's and the Afghan National Army conduct operations against the Taliban in the Kajaki district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 10th July 2007. After a long day of skirmishes with the Taliban an air strike was called on a compound thought to contain an enemy firing position. After the explosions the British and Afghan troops moved into the destroyed compound where they found 3 dead fighters and captured 2 more who were trapped in their collapsed bunker. The captured men both received medical treatment from the British and were given water by the Afghan soldiers they had been fighting only minutes before. A number of weapons were captured including Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket propelled grenade launchers and war heads and a belt fed machine gun. The soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian have been fighting the Taliban in the area for more than 3 months; this constitutes their most successful capture of weapons and enemy fighters. 10th July 2007. Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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  • An AUC paramilitary fighter armed with a Kalashnikov assault weapon in a village near La Dorada, Putmayo.
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  • British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment wade through filthy water filled irrigation ditches whist on a desert patrol after an airborne assault as part of Operation 'Southern Beast'. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on the 4th of August 2008.
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  • Soldiers from 1 PWRR (Princess of Wales Royal Regiment) are battered by the downdraft of a MEDEVAC helicopter as it comes in to pick up Pte Stephen Bainbridge, aged 25 of the Black Watch (3 SCOTS) who was severely wounded in an IED explosion in a nearby compound. He lost his right leg during the blast and his left was later amputated by surgeons. Loya Manda, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • A Government soldier splashes across a river in pursuit of escaping FARC rebels after a firefight. The FARC had been holding 40 civillians hostage at an illegal roadblock to entice the counter inurgency force to engage them.<br />
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  • 10th July 2007.Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan..Soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Anglians and the Afghan National Army conduct operations against the Taliban in the Kajaki district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 10th July 2007. After a long day of skirmishes with the Taliban an air strike was called on a compound thought to contain an enemy firing position. After the explosions the British and Afghan troops moved into the destroyed compound where they found 3 dead fighters and captured 2 more who were trapped in their collapsed bunker. The captured men both received medical treatment from the British and were given water by the Afghan soldiers they had been fighting only minutes before. A number of weapons were captured including Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket propelled grenade launchers and war heads and a belt fed machine gun. The soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian have been fighting the Taliban in the area for more than 3 months; this constitutes their most successful capture of weapons and enemy fighters.
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  • A police foot patrol on the disputed streets of  one of the most dangerous places in Colombia. The police station in Saravena was attacked with homemade mortars 85 times in one year. Assassinations, sniper attacks and bombs are almost daily occurrences.<br />
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  • British soldiers from 1PWRR (Princess of Wales Regiment) board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in preperation for an air assault into a contested region of Helamnd Province. The men are involved in an ongoing series of Operations called Tora Pishaw aimed at disrupting insurgent activity in their AO (Area of Operations). During the most recent 4 day operation the soldiers regularly came under fire from insurgents using small arms, belt fed machine guns and UGL's (Under Slung Grenade Launchers). The soldiers retuned fire using shallow trenches on the edges of ploughed fields or irrigation ditches as cover. Nad I Ali North, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 13th of November 2011.
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  • Naval gunboats patrol along the Rio Atrato in an attempt to disrupt the movement of the left and rightwing militia groups fighting in the area. Both groups use the river to move troops, weapons and drugs.
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  • British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment are resupplied by Chinook Ch-47 helicopters during an airborne assault as part of Operation 'Southern Beast'. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on the 3rd of August 2008.
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  • Corporal Price (Nicknamed SLICE for the machete he carries) runs towards a breach he has just blown in a compound wall using an explosive charge. An attachment of Royal Engineers( EOD specialists) and  B (Malta) Company 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment undertake a 16 hour foot patrol to clear IED's (improvised explosive devices) around their base. The mission, which is one of the most dangerous tasks undertaken by the troops involved isolating suspected IED sites by blowing through compound walls and creating a cordon whilst the suspect site is examined and the any devices found are neutralized. The patrol left the base under the cover of darkness and worked throughout the day in searing temperatures reaching 55 C occasionally exchanging fire with the enemy. At nightfall the patrol retuned to base.  Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 20th of August 2010.
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  • A family displaced by recent violence begin to construct a new home.
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  • An attachment of Royal Engineers( EOD specialists) and  B (Malta) Company 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment undertake a 16 hour foot patrol to clear IED's (improvised explosive devices) around their base. The mission, which is one of the most dangerous tasks undertaken by the troops involved isolating suspected IED sites by blowing through compound walls and creating a cordon whilst the suspect site is examined and the any devices found are neutralized. The patrol left the base under the cover of darkness and worked throughout the day in searing temperatures reaching 55 C occasionally exchanging fire with the enemy. At nightfall the patrol retuned to base.  Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 20th of August 2010.
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  • Highway One which runs from Kabul to Kandahar is the most dangerous road in Afghanistan and therefore most likely in the world. The thin strip of tarmac winds it's way through small villages and across desert and mountain passes. It is pock marked with IED craters, littered with burnt out tankers and trucks. Destroyed shipping containers and other detritus lays abandoned by the roadside. In order to avoid being hit by either IED's or caught in an ambush the NDS (National Directorate of Security) Special Forces soldiers drive at high speed in heavily armed pick up trucks. They constantly scan 360 degrees on the look out for attackers as they weave between the lines of trucks as well as normal cars and even families on tractors carrying all their possessions as they relocate away from the violence in the south. The route is busiest on convoy day when fuel trucks and supply vehicle transit the route often protected my armed security contractor.  Highway One, Ghazni and Wardak Province, Afghanistan on the 12th of August 2012.
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  • Platoon Sergeant 'Panky' yells at his men to take cover as enemy grenades explode nearby. British soldiers from 1PWRR (Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) are involved in an ongoing series of Operations called Tora Pishaw aimed at disrupting insurgent activity in their AO (Area of Operations). During the most recent 4 day operation the soldiers regularly came under fire from insurgents using small arms, belt fed machine guns and UGL's (Under Slung Grenade Launchers). The soldiers returned fire using shallow trenches on the edges of ploughed fields or irrigation ditches as cover. Nad I Ali North, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 13th of November 2011.
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  • Two young children walk past a police patrol as it searches a group of menfolk for ID and weapons in Saravena, Aruaca, Colombia. Two rebel groups; the ELN and FARC as well as the rightwing AUC are all fighting for control of this oil rich region.<br />
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  • Soldiers of 3 SCOTS (The Black Watch) and 1 PWRR return fire whilst fellow soldiers run across an open field under fire from an insurgent sharpshooter as they CASEVAC a fellow soldier. Private Stephen Bainbridge, aged 25, from Kirkcaldy who was gravely wounded after an IED explosion traumatically amputated his right leg and damaged his left so badly that it too later had to be amputated. His life was saved by the swift actions of Cpl John Goodie (21) a medic with 1 PWRR (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) who applied tourniquets and first field dressings to get the bleeding under control. Private Chis Watson (21) also assisted in the treatment whilst reassuring the casualty and keeping him alert and responsive. Once safely on board the helicopter he was rushed to surgery at Bastion Field Hospital.  Loya Manda, Nad e Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • A young boy carrying machetes runs for cover during a rain storm on a small holding farm growing alternative crops. The farm is surrounded by coca plantations. The Government uses ariel fumigation to destroy the coca plants, the chemicals are often carried by the wind or leach through the ground and destroy all crops in the area.<br />
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  • A Ghurka mortar team fires illumination rounds to disrupt enemny activity from Britsih Patrol Base 1, Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 20th of August 2010.
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  • British soldiers of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force) start a new day after spending the night sleeping in the desert within a defensive perimeter formed by their convoy of Warthog and Jackal armored fighting vehicles after an operation in the village of Kakaran in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 15th of March 2011.
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  • British soldiers of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment patrol through farmland after being dropped close to their target by Chinook Ch-47 helicopters in an airborne assault as part of Operation 'Southern Beast'. Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on the 3rd of August 2008.
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  • An Afghan interpreter assists British soldiers of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force) as they question a local man whilst searching his compound as part of  an operation in the village of Kakaran in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 14th of March 2011.
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  • FARC recruits cleaning their camp in Caqueta.<br />
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  • A soldier from 3 SCOTS (The Black Watch) shouts into a rising cloud of dust and smoke as he searches for casualties after an IED explosion just inside the doorway of a compound . Private Stephen Bainbridge, aged 25, from Kirkcaldy was gravely wounded in the blast which traumatically amputated his right leg and damaged his right so badly that it too later had to be amputated. His life was saved by the swift actions of Cpl John Goodie (21) a medic with 1 PWRR (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) who applied tourniquets and first field dressings to get the bleeding under control. Private Chis Watson (21) also assisted in the treatment whilst reassuring the casualty and keeping him alert and responsive.  Once he had been stabilized the men CASEVAC'd Private Bainbridge to the MERT helicopter and he was rushed to Bastion Field Hospital.  Loya Manda, Nad e Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 11th of November 2011.
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  • Two young boys playing war with a wooden toy gun. They are some of the countries more than 2 million internally displaced. The jungle area around their village is being fought over by both leftwing rebel groups and rightwing paramilitaries. The inhabitants of many villages have fled to Bellavista. This town was the site of a massacre in May 2002 when a homemade mortar fired by FARC rebels exploded on the roof of a church and killed 119 civillians hiding inside.
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  • Lance Cpl 'Boycie' armed with a GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun) plays a dangerous day long game of cat and mouse with insurgent gunmen as British soldiers from 1PWRR (Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) are involved in an ongoing series of Operations called Tora Pishaw aimed at disrupting insurgent activity in their AO (Area of Operations). During the most recent 4 day operation the soldiers regularly came under fire from insurgents using small arms, belt fed machine guns and UGL's (Under Slung Grenade Launchers). The soldiers returned fire using shallow trenches on the edges of ploughed fields or irrigation ditches as cover. Nad I Ali North, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 13th of November 2011.
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  • British soldiers from 1PWRR (Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) live in austere conditions at CP Kareem. During an ongoing series of Operations called Tora Pishaw soldier from other CP's (checkpoints) in the area are also temporarily living in the same small compound. The daily cycle of patrolling, cleaning weapons, trying to dry out uniforms and boots and cooking up rations occupies most of the men's time and there are few  luxuries or distractions. A makeshift gym is the closet thing they have to recreation. CP Kareem, Nad I Ali North, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 13th of November 2011.
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  • 29/06/07..Sangin Valley, Helmand, Afghanistan..Soldiers from A Company 1 Battalion Royal Anglians, known as 'The Vikings' cautiously search a compound whilst conducting operations against the Taliban in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan on the 29th June 2007...The soldiers made a Tactical Advance to Battle over night carrying just food, water and ammunition. At first light they moved on their objectives; a series of compounds, orchards and paddy fields. During the day they exchanged fire with the enemy on a number of occasions. 13 Taliban were killed, 1 British soldier and 3 Afghan troops were wounded.
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  • The BRF ( Brigade Reconnaissance Force) specialises in reconnaissance and strike operations behind enemy lines. Traveling in all terrain vehicles such as Jackals and on occasions Warthogs the unit travels with all the supplies such as food, water and ammunition required to survive and fight unsupported for extended periods of time. Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 14th of March 2011.
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  • US Special Forces hold a training session for Colombian troops in Saravena, Aruaca. The task of this group of soldiers is to protect a part US owned oil pipeline from bomb attacks by rebel groups fighting in the region.<br />
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  • A young boy looks on as Afghan elders and US Forces sit down to a mini Shura at the onset of Operation Winterstand, a Humanitarian Assitance mission, part of the COIN (counter insurgency) program being actioned in Rebat, Pakitika Province, Afghanistan on the 19th of January 2008
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  • 27 May 2004..Najaf, Iraq...Deal in Najaf...For the first time in weeks the main road between Kufa and Najaf is virtually void of Mehdi army foot soldiers. ..Moqtada al-Sadr the firebrand cleric with popular support in Najf, Kufa and Sadr city, a poor and violent suburb of Baghdad, has agreed in a deal with US forces to stand down his private militia who have been exchanging fire on the edges of the city for many weeks. al-Sadr says his force will disarm on the understanding that US forces do not enter the holy city...On the streets around Najaf's mosque Mehdi army fighters made a final parade but in the background some fighters retained their weapons and the militia are still maintaining some of their firing positions in the expectation that the US forces will not honour the deal.
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  • 29/06/07..Sangin Valley, Helmand, Afghanistan..Soldiers from A Company 1 Battalion Royal Anglians, known as 'The Vikings' take a rest break whilst conducting operations against the Taliban in the Sangin Valley, Helmand province, Afghanistan on the 29th June 2007...The soldiers made a Tactical Advance to Battle over night carrying just food, water and ammunition. At first light they moved on their objectives; a series of compounds, orchards and paddy fields. During the day they exchanged fire with the enemy on a number of occasions. 13 Taliban were killed, 1 British soldier and 3 Afghan troops were wounded.
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  • 10th July 2007.Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan..Soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Anglians and the Afghan National Army conduct operations against the Taliban in the Kajaki district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 10th July 2007. After a long day of skirmishes with the Taliban an air strike was called on a compound thought to contain an enemy firing position. After the explosions the British and Afghan troops moved into the destroyed compound where they found 3 dead fighters and captured 2 more who were trapped in their collapsed bunker. The captured men both received medical treatment from the British and were given water by the Afghan soldiers they had been fighting only minutes before. A number of weapons were captured including Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket propelled grenade launchers and war heads and a belt fed machine gun. The soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian have been fighting the Taliban in the area for more than 3 months; this constitutes their most successful capture of weapons and enemy fighters.
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  • In the village of Rabat Taliban forces recently destroyed the school house using explosives. Several rooms were demolished beyond use, other lost windows, doors and parts of the roofs. Traces of the buildings former use was swept away for the time being at least when US and Afghan Forces used the building as a base during a recent Humanitarian Assistance program aimed at winning hearts and minds in the region. Rabat, Paktika Province, Afghanistan on the 18th January 2008.
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  • US Forces patrol out into the village of Rebat at the onset of Operation Winterstand in order to provide security for a mini Shura and the disrtribution of Humanitarian Assistance in Rebat, Pakitika Province, Afghanistan on the 19th of January 2008.
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  • Terrified civillians take cover in a ditch during a firefight between FARC rebels who had been holding them hostage at an illegal checkpoint and Governement troops who came to rescue them.<br />
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  • 10th July 2007.Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan..Soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Anglians and the Afghan National Army conduct operations against the Taliban in the Kajaki district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan on the 10th July 2007. After a long day of skirmishes with the Taliban an air strike was called on a compound thought to contain an enemy firing position. After the explosions the British and Afghan troops moved into the destroyed compound where they found 3 dead fighters and captured 2 more who were trapped in their collapsed bunker. The captured men both received medical treatment from the British and were given water by the Afghan soldiers they had been fighting only minutes before. A number of weapons were captured including Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket propelled grenade launchers and war heads and a belt fed machine gun. The soldiers of 1 Royal Anglian have been fighting the Taliban in the area for more than 3 months; this constitutes their most successful capture of weapons and enemy fighters.
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  • Members of the Afghan Special Forces seach and question local Afghans in an early morning raid as part of  a joint operation with British soldiers of 16 Air Assault Bde's elite BRF (Brigade Reconnaissance Force)  n the Western Dasht, Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan on the 20th of March 2011.
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  • Police officers workout in a makeshift gym in their fortress-like station.. Saravena is one of the most dangerous places in Colombia. The police station was attacked with homemade mortars 85 times in one year. Assassinations, sniper attacks and bombs are almost daily occurrences.<br />
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  • An attachment of Royal Engineers( EOD specialists) and  B (Malta) Company 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment undertake a 16 hour foot patrol to clear IED's (improvised explosive devices) around their base. The mission, which is one of the most dangerous tasks undertaken by the troops involved isolating suspected IED sites by blowing through compound walls and creating a cordon whilst the suspect site is examined and the any devices found are neutralized. The patrol left the base under the cover of darkness and worked throughout the day in searing temperatures reaching 55 C occasionally exchanging fire with the enemy. At nightfall the patrol retuned to base.  Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 20th of August 2010.
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  • Members of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army display their weapons and some equipment captured from US forces in Kufa, Iraq on the 7th May 2004.
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  • A FARC rebel fighter and his mascot; a wildcat, at a checkpoint in Caqueta, Colombia.
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  • 24 December 2004.Mosul, Iraq..Memorial service for the dead in mess hall attack...A suspected suicide bomb attack on the food hall at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul on the 21 December claimed the lives of 22 US forces, Iraqis and civillian contractors. Today 24 December the 133 Engineer Battalion held a memorial service for two of its fallen comrades; Sgt Lynn Poulin aged 47 and Specialist Thomas Dostie aged 20.
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  • A farm worker harvests coca leaves on a plantation in Putumayo.<br />
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  • 29th July 2006&#xD;&#xA;Tyre, Lebanon&#xD;&#xA;Mass Burial in Tyre&#xD;&#xA;On 29th July 2006 Lebanese medical and military personel prepared the bodies and coffins beofre burying more than 30 people killed by Israeli bombardment in a mass grave.<br />
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  • 18th November 2005.Baghdad, Iraq.Hamra Bomb Attack..Two vehicles packed with explosives driven by suicide bombers attacked the Al-Hamra hotel complex at 0815 in Baghdad on the 18th November 2005. The houses of local residents where destroyed and at least 15 where killed and 40 wounded. The Al-Hamra hotel is used mainly by journalists and contractors. This attack comes just weeks after the Palestine hotel also home to the media and contractors was attacked in a similar manner.
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  • A terrified mother carrying her baby runs for cover during a firefight between FARC rebels who had been holding 40 civillians hostage at an illegal checkpoint and Governement troops who came to rescue them.<br />
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  • 19 March 2004.....Baghdad, Iraq.....A recent upsurge in sectarain violence between Shia and Sunni has resulted in several attacks on mosques in Baghdad.....Most mosques now have heavey security, this includes gunman inside and outside the perimeter, concrete barriers to prevent carbombers from getting close to the building and body searches for all entering the mosque.....This gunman stands guard at a Shia mosque under construction that was destroyed with TNT as it neared completion. One of the donors who funds were helping the constrution had an expolsive devise thrown into the garden of his house, the blast wounded two of his sons.
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  • A mother searches for her children at a Red Cross food and clothing distribution center for internally displaced people in La Hormiga, Putumayo, Colombia.
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  • 21 Feb 2004....Qandil Mountains, Kurdistan/Iraq.....PKK Camp...The PKK reached a peak of notoriety during the decade from mid 80s-mid 90's. During this period they were involved a series of high profile bomb attacks and kidnappings.....The Leader and President of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan is currently imprisoned on a small island off the Turkish mainland.....His followers believe that he can lead the Kurds to freedom and independence. In the light of this it is unlikely that the Turkish Government will ever allow him to be released.....The PKK winter camps are high in the snow covered Qandil mountains. The mountain range falls within what is international recognised as Iraq. The Kurds call the area Southern Kurdistan.....Most of the PKK fighters living in the camps are from Turkey. Many of them have lived in the mountains for more than half their lives.....The Turkish Government did offer a programe of repatriation to the PKK but few of the fighters felt it avantageous...They chose instead to remain living in the harsh mountian enviroment prepared to fight for their people.....The PKK is at this time in what they describe as a 'Position of Legitimate Defense'. They claim not to be involved in any military action but will defend them selves if attacked.....Photo: Whilst most of the PKK living in the camps come from Turkey some have returned from European countries and have given up many freedoms and luxuries to fight alongside their people. The girl at right has returned from Germany. She says her life there was good but her people are here.
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  • The family of a man who was assassinated because of his suspected links to urban militias mourn around his coffin in Saravena, Aruaca.<br />
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  • 1st December 2004. Yusufiyah, Iraq. <br />
US Marines patrol Yusufiyah. In an effort to crush the insurgent groups operating in North Babel province US Marines have set up Forward Operating Bases in the heart of enemy territory. From these bases they are able to patrol the surrounding towns and countryside. Great efforts are being made to interact with the local Iraqi's. As the area is a hotbed of anti-US activity great vigilance is required when entering buildings, they must be searched from top to bottom at gunpoint after which the soldiers must  remain on guard against snipers hiding in nearby houses or palm groves. <br />
Photographed on assignment for The New York Times.
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  • 25th Jan 2004.Baghdad, Iraq.A large number of babies are being still born due the stress mothers are suffering due to the daily bombings, fighting and kidnappings. A funeral worker prepares the body of a baby for burial.
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  • The corpse of a man killed by two gunshots to the head lies in the morgue in Puerto Asis. Power struggles between the leftwing FARC rebels and rightwing AUC paramilitaries who both seek to control the hugely profitable and  illegal cocaine trade in the region leave many dead each week, gunshot wounds being the main cause of death.<br />
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  • Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army take control of the streets and battle US forces  in Najaf, Iraq on the 21st May 2004.
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  • A mother and daughter play in a swimming hole near Puerto Asis, Putumayo. Many rivers in the region have been polluted by chemicals used in the ariel fumigation of coca plantations. The chemicals seep through the soil and contaminate the water, contact with this water can cause skin and eyesight problems.<br />
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  • 21st Feb 2004. Qandil Mountains, Kurdistan/Iraq. PKK Camp. The PKK reached a peak of notoriety during the decade from mid 80s-mid 90's. During this period they were involved a series of high profile bomb attacks and kidnappings. The Leader and President of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan is currently imprisoned on a small island off the Turkish mainland. His followers believe that he can lead the Kurds to freedom and independence. In the light of this it is unlikely that the Turkish Government will ever allow him to be released. The PKK winter camps are high in the snow covered Qandil mountains. The mountain range falls within what is international recognised as Iraq. The Kurds call the area Southern Kurdistan. Most of the PKK fighters living in the camps are from Turkey. Many of them have lived in the mountains for more than half their lives. The Turkish Government did offer a program  of repatriation to the PKK but few of the fighters felt it advantageous. They chose instead to remain living in the harsh mountain environment prepared to fight for their people. The PKK is at this time in what they describe as a 'Position of Legitimate Defence'. They claim not to be involved in any military action but will defend them selves if attacked.
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  • 1 December 2004. South Central Iraq. US Marines in South Central Iraq. In an effort to crush the insurgent groups operating in North Babel province US Marines have set up Forward |Operating Bases in the heart of enemy territory. At 22 Alpha a small base on a central highway Marines pass the time not consumed by operations by playing poker.
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  • Members of Moqtada al Sadr's Mehdi army on the streets of Najaf, Iraq on the 15th April 2004.
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  • 28th Jan 2005. Ramadi, Iraq. Iraqi National Guard/assassination victims. At dawn on the 28 Jan 2005 a US Army patrol in Ramadi, Iraq discovered the bodies of four Iraqi males killed by gunshot wounds to the head. The bodies are believed to be those of four Iraqi National Guardsmen who were kidnapped in the city on Thursday. Local witnesses report that the men were brought to the rubbish dump alive in the trunk of a car, forced into the open and then gunned down. Amongst the bodies was found a note from the 'Death squad' responsible for the assassinations confirming that the reason for the mens death was their employment as part of Iraq's security forces. With elections only days away the insurgents campaign of terror against potential voters and the officials and security personnel shows no sign of weakening.
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  • 28 November 2004. Yusufiya, Iraq. Operation 'Plymouth Rock' /Amphibious landing.<br />
US Marines and Iraqi National Guard executed the largest ever amphibious landing to take place in Iraq thus far in the area of Yusufiya as part of operation 'Plymouth Rock' aimed at targeting insurgent and criminal groups. After a dawn insertion in gunboats the combined forces made a sweep through palm groves, orchards and farmland searching for hidden weapons. Photographed on assignment for The New York Times.
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  • 30th April 2006..Basra, Iraq..Iraq/Iran Border Enforcement..British soldiers from the 9/12 Lancers work alongside Iraqi Security Forces along the Iraq/Iran border. The task is to combat smuggling of people, weapons and fuel across the river...Members of B Squadron patrol the Shat al-Arab waterway with the Iraqi coastguard. The British troops observe and assist the Iraqis who are now sufficiently well trained to conduct operations without direction from coalition forces...
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  • A young girl and her pet dog rush to get home before curfew in one of Colombias most dangerous towns. Saravena police station was attacked 85 times in one year and gunfights, grenade or bombs attacks and assassinations are common occurrences.
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  • 18th November 2005.Baghdad, Iraq.Hamra Bomb Attack..Two vehicles packed with explosives driven by suicide bombers attacked the Al-Hamra hotel complex at 0815 in Baghdad on the 18th November 2005. The houses of local residents where destroyed and at least 15 where killed and 40 wounded. The Al-Hamra hotel is used mainly by journalists and contractors. This attack comes just weeks after the Palestine hotel also home to the media and contractors was attacked in a similar manner.
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  • 28 November 2004...Yusufiya, Iraq...Operation 'Plymouth Rock' /Amphibious landing.....US Marines and Iraqi National Guard executed the largest ever amphibious landing to take place in Iraq today 28 November in the area of Yusufiya as part of operation 'Plymouth Rock' aimed at targeting insurgent and criminal groups. After a dawn insertion in gunboats the combined forces made a sweep through palm groves, orchards and farmland searching for hidden weapons.
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  • 4 December 2004..Mahmudiya, Iraq. Detainees in US custody. US Marines launched a night time raid (4 December) from a Forward Operating Base in the North Babel province of Iraq against the homes of suspected insurgents. The homes are searched for evidence and the detainees are transported to the Marine base, there blindfolded and with hands secured by strips of plastic (flexi-cuffs) they join detainees from previous raids. The prisoners are given blankets to fight the bitter cold and one at a time are led into a cubicle to be fingerprinted and photographed prior to further questioning.
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  • The family and freinds of a school teacher who was assassinated in front of her class say their farewells as she is buried in the town cemetery, Puerto Asis, Putumayo.<br />
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  • 7 December 2004. Jawan, Iraq. US Marines raid suspected insurgent homes. US Marines based in Yusufiyah, Iraq continued on 7 December ongoing raids against suspected insurgents within the units area of operation. The Marines have made repeated visits to the family homes of known insurgents thought to have been involved in the recent fighting in Fallujah.
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  • 21 Feb 2004....Qandil Mountains, Kurdistan/Iraq.....PKK Camp...The PKK reached a peak of notoriety during the decade from mid 80s-mid 90's. During this period they were involved a series of high profile bomb attacks and kidnappings.....The Leader and President of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan is currently imprisoned on a small island off the Turkish mainland.....His followers believe that he can lead the Kurds to freedom and independence. In the light of this it is unlikely that the Turkish Government will ever allow him to be released.....The PKK winter camps are high in the snow covered Qandil mountains. The mountain range falls within what is international recognised as Iraq. The Kurds call the area Southern Kurdistan.....Most of the PKK fighters living in the camps are from Turkey. Many of them have lived in the mountains for more than half their lives.....The Turkish Government did offer a programe of repatriation to the PKK but few of the fighters felt it avantageous...They chose instead to remain living in the harsh mountian enviroment prepared to fight for their people.....The PKK is at this time in what they describe as a 'Position of Legitimate Defense'. They claim not to be involved in any military action but will defend them selves if attacked...
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  • 30 Jan 2005..Ramadi, Iraq..Election day/Ramadi....In Ramadi, Iraq on election day 30 Jan 2005 a heavy presence around polling stations of Iraqi Security Forces with an outer cordon of US Forces provided as secure an enviroment possible to allow locals to vote in safety. Despite this the polling stations outside of the main town center received only a handfull of civillian voters. The Iraqi forces who guarded the facility voted there as did a number of Iraqi police and tribal leaders. At the end of a long day the Iraq soldiers cleared away the razorwire and sandbags and awaited transport back to Camp Ramadi.
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  • 9th Feb 2004. Baghdad, Iraq. US/ICDC Raid. As part of the ongoing training process the US forces accompany ICDC troops on a weapon search in a suburb of Baghdad. ICDC have recruited female soldiers. On raids they are able to placate the womenfolk of each household who are often both scared and offended by the intrusive search by male troops. Whilst searching for weapons the troops find framed portraits of former dictator Saddam. They confiscate these along with other documents linked to the regime.
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  • A young daredevil impresses onlookers as he dives from a suspension bridge into the Rio Caquan.<br />
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  • Moqtada al-Sadr leads Friday prayers in Kufa mosque, Kufa, Iraq on the 7th May 2004.
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  • Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army take control of the streets and battle US forces  in Najaf, Iraq on the 21st May 2004.
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  • Baghdad, Iraq, 2 Oct 2005. Running 'Route Irish'..LCPL Ryan McReady enjoys a KFC meal at a US military base at Baghdad airport...B Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, a tight-knit multi national fighting force make daily escorting runs along ?Route Irish?, the infamous Baghdad Airport road. The 46 man team are all British Army regulars but come from as far afield as Fiji, South Africa and Northern and Southern Ireland. Previous deployments in Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Northern Ireland have equipped them with the valuable skills needed to provide protection for British Forces and materials transiting the world?s most dangerous highway. Due to an increased presence of US forces along the route both in dug in positions and mobile patrols, attacks along the road have slackened, despite this a day rarely passed without an IED (improvised explosive device) being detonated or a small arms attack against coalition forces. .The convoy attempts to maintain a seclusion ?bubble? around its vehicles for the duration of the journey. Any civilian vehicle that either strays into the bubble or refuses to keep their distance represents a threat and should they ignore the warning blasts on air horns carried in each vehicle the rules of engagement progress from warning shots to use of lethal force. The relative safety of the International Zone offers them an opportunity to decompress between missions. A duty driver ferries soldiers to the ?Liberty Pool?. Once only frequented by Iraq?s Ba?athist elite the luxury swimming pool and gym now fills with troops. Their body armour, helmets and weapons all within easy reach they either soak up the sun or compete with each other in diving competitions. After a daily briefing the troops have access to the ?Mosquito and Camel? bar where they watch TV or play pool and in accordance with the ?2 can rule? are allowed to drink 2 beers per night.
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  • 21 Feb 2004....Qandil Mountains, Kurdistan/Iraq.....PKK Camp...The PKK reached a peak of notoriety during the decade from mid 80s-mid 90's. During this period they were involved a series of high profile bomb attacks and kidnappings.....The Leader and President of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan is currently imprisoned on a small island off the Turkish mainland.....His followers believe that he can lead the Kurds to freedom and independence. In the light of this it is unlikely that the Turkish Government will ever allow him to be released.....The PKK winter camps are high in the snow covered Qandil mountains. The mountain range falls within what is international recognised as Iraq. The Kurds call the area Southern Kurdistan.....Most of the PKK fighters living in the camps are from Turkey. Many of them have lived in the mountains for more than half their lives.....The Turkish Government did offer a programe of repatriation to the PKK but few of the fighters felt it avantageous...They chose instead to remain living in the harsh mountian enviroment prepared to fight for their people.....The PKK is at this time in what they describe as a 'Position of Legitimate Defense'. They claim not to be involved in any military action but will defend them selves if attacked...
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  • 'Eagle VCP'. On 12th October 2005 days before Iraq's Referendum, soldiers of A Company 1st Royal Irish Regiment perform 'Eagle VCP's' on rural roads in the Basra area. The team is transported by Sea King helicopter from base to the roadway where the set up a vehicle checkpoint. They check drivers documents and search vehicles for weapons and explosives in their ongoing efforts to disrupt insurgent activity in the area.<br />
12th October 2005. Basra, Iraq.
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  • Marilyn; a self confessed assassin who worked with the AUC paramilitaries before turning freelance cleans her gun while her brother and cousin look on. She claimed to have killed at least 25 people and was herself murdered by the paramilitaries in October 2004 on suspicion of informing.<br />
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  • 18th November 2005.Baghdad, Iraq.Hamra Bomb Attack..Two vehicles packed with explosives driven by suicide bombers attacked the Al-Hamra hotel complex at 0815 in Baghdad on the 18th November 2005. The houses of local residents where destroyed and at least 15 where killed and 40 wounded. The Al-Hamra hotel is used mainly by journalists and contractors. This attack comes just weeks after the Palestine hotel also home to the media and contractors was attacked in a similar manner.
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  • Baghdad, Iraq, 2 Oct 2005. Running 'Route Irish'...LCPL Rayan McReady at the 'Liberty Pool'.....B Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, a tight-knit multi national fighting force make daily escorting runs along ?Route Irish?, the infamous Baghdad Airport road. The 46 man team are all British Army regulars but come from as far afield as Fiji, South Africa and Northern and Southern Ireland. Previous deployments in Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Northern Ireland have equipped them with the valuable skills needed to provide protection for British Forces and materials transiting the world?s most dangerous highway. Due to an increased presence of US forces along the route both in dug in positions and mobile patrols, attacks along the road have slackened, despite this a day rarely passed without an IED (improvised explosive device) being detonated or a small arms attack against coalition forces. ..The convoy attempts to maintain a seclusion ?bubble? around its vehicles for the duration of the journey. Any civilian vehicle that either strays into the bubble or refuses to keep their distance represents a threat and should they ignore the warning blasts on air horns carried in each vehicle the rules of engagement progress from warning shots to use of lethal force. The relative safety of the International Zone offers them an opportunity to decompress between missions. A duty driver ferries soldiers to the ?Liberty Pool?. Once only frequented by Iraq?s Ba?athist elite the luxury swimming pool and gym now fills with troops. Their body armour, helmets and weapons all within easy reach they either soak up the sun or compete with each other in diving competitions. After a daily briefing the troops have access to the ?Mosquito and Camel? bar where they watch TV or play pool and in accordance with the ?2 can rule? are allowed to drink 2 beers per night.
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