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Stabilisation Force Iraq (SFIR)

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Lieutenant Colonel R.H. van Harskamp and Lieutenant Colonel C.J. Matthijssen, the commanders of SFIR-3 and SFIR-4 respectively, were invited to dine with a local sheik.
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A Royal Netherlands Marechaussee officer supervises a colleague from the Iraqi police force during a patrol.
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Dutch marines raided a weapons market in As Samawah on 19 October 2003. The action was successful because local taxis were used, which caught the traders and buyers by surprise.
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Sergeant Ron ten Boom explains security procedures to 2 members of the Iraqi Coast Defence Force in the engine room of a patrol vessel.
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2 Chinooks, a Cougar and an Apache in flight near Talil Air Base over the desert in southern Iraq, early August 2004.
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