1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Iraq Photos Page 23

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Operation Iraqi Freedom

A member of Charlie Company looks at anti-US graffiti during a patrol in Tikrit, Sunday, Dec 7, 2003.
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LT. Col. Steve Russell, commander of 1/22 inspects the favourite home of Saddam Hussein's wife Sajida Talfah
near Tikrit on Thursday Nov. 21 2003.
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Soldiers of 1-22 inspect home of Saddam Hussein's first wife Sajida Talfah near Tikrit on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003.
In the first days of the invasion many of the homes used by Saddam Hussein and his family were targeted by missiles.
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A Regular looks at damage to Saddam's wife's home.
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LTC Russell inspects part of the missile that destroyed the favorite home of Saddam Hussein's wife Sajida Talfah
near Tikrit on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003.
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A Regular is seen in front of some of the ornate decorations in one of Saddam's homes
near Tikrit, Nov 20, 2003.
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An Iraqi man looks at a soldier from Charlie Company, while he patrols the streets of Tikrit, on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003.
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A Regular from Charlie Company patrols the streets of Tikrit, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003.
An Iraqi woman sweeps the street near her house in the background.
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Lt. Col. Steven Russell, right, commander of 1-22 Infantry , shakes hand with Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) member
and gives him a dagger during a graduation ceremony at the military base in Tikrit, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003.
Some 104 Iraqi men were graduated as ICDC members after 21 days of training.
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Mohamed Atallah Jasem, right, native of Tikrit, receives his diploma and bayonet at the graduation ceremony
for new Iraqi Civil Defense Corp soldiers held Nov. 7, 2003 in the Salah Ad Din Palace.
The ICDC augment U.S. forces around Iraq by participating in raids and patrols.
Making the presentation is Maj. Gen. Abdullah Hussein Mohammed, left, commander of the ICDC,
LTC Steve Russell, Commander of 1-22, center, looks on.
Note the 22nd Infantry Regimental Distinctive Insignia patch on the graduate's left shoulder.
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