Operation CATALYST: Image Gallery
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| Governor-General of Australia visits ADF personnel in southern Iraq TheAl Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) in southern Iraq Governor-General of Australia, Major General Michael Jeffery, chats during Christmas lunch with members of the Australian Defence Force serving with the Al Muthanna Task Group in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 26 December 2005 - 4 images) View Gallery |
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| Santa visits HMAS Ballarat in the Persian Gulf Santa visits HMAS Ballarat, bringing a festive season break from routine for the crew working on Operation CATALYST in the Persian Gulf. Left to right are: Able Seaman Brendan Boyd, Santa (also known as Chief Petty Officer Dave Ellingworth), Able Seaman Shanelle Seaborn, Able Seaman Adrian Nicholls, Able Seaman Craig Roy, and Leading Seaman Jason Nicholas. (Date uploaded: 25 December 2005 - 1 image) View Gallery |
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| Tour De Force performance in Iraq Three of the 2005 lineup of performers on "Tour de Force", the Australian entertainment industry's contribution to Australian Defence Force personnel on the front lines as part of Operation CATALYST in the Middle East, (left to right) Angry Anderson, Lehmo and Bessie Bardot. (Date uploaded: 25 December 2005 - 11 images) View Gallery |
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| Soldiers in Iraq receive cards and gifts from NT school (L to R) Major Michael Webster, Warrant Officer Class 2 Kevin Brown, Corporal Barry Barber, and Warrant Officer Class 2 Andrew Major read Christmas cards sent to them by children from the Good Shepherd Lutheran School of Palmerston, Northern Territory. (Date uploaded: 20 December 2005 - 5 images) View Gallery |
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| Images from Operation CATALYST Lieutenant Colonel Oswald playing the Didgeridoo for the Commander Al Muthanna Task Force, Colonel Hugh Blackman, and the owner of the land Camp Smitty is built on, Sheik Reasaan, in the Officers mess during a visit to the Camp by the Sheik. (Date uploaded: 06 December 2005 - 5 images) View Gallery |
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| Opening of Mobile Health Clinic in Iraq Lieutenant Colonel Peter Short, Commanding Officer, Al Muthanna Task Group congratulates Mohamad Naki, Al Rajah Salih Company on an excellent Mobile Health facility for the people of the province. (Date uploaded: 28 November 2005 - 1 image) View Gallery |
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| HMAS Newcastle returns from the MEAO HMAS Newcastle returns to Fleet Base East after spending 6 months in the Persian Gulf on Operation CATALYST. Families celebrate the return of their loved ones. (Date uploaded: 22 November 2005 - 12 images) View Gallery |
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| Last of AMTG1 Troops Return Home From Iraq Lieutenant Colonel Roger Noble proudly faces the media on his return as the Commanding Officer of AMTG1. (Date uploaded: 22 November 2005 - 8 images) View Gallery |
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| HMAS Ballarat and HMAS Newcastle in the Persian Gulf HMAS Ballarat (foreground) in the Persian Gulf with HMAS Newcastle (rear). (Date uploaded: 18 November 2005 - 1 image) View Gallery |
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| Remembrance Day in Iraq Remembrance Day poppies in the soil of Iraq at Camp Smitty, Al Muthanna Province, southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 14 November 2005 - 5 images) View Gallery |
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| AMTG Beersheba day at Camp Smitty Lieutenant Colonel Roger Noble and the youngest soldier of the Al Muthanna Task Group,Trooper Brendan Higgs of Woodend, Victoria, cut the 2nd Cavalry Regiment birthday cake on Beersheba Day at Camp Smitty. (Date uploaded: 04 November 2005 - 3 images) View Gallery |
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| Female members of the Al Muthanna Task Group pose for group photo Front row from left to right: Lieutenant Brooke Haxel, Corporal Kate Chaplin, Flight Lieutenant Prudence Buckton, Captain Lisa Piper and Lieutenant Courtney Bethel. Rear row from left to right, Corporal Gill Kennedy, Sergeant Chris Taylor, Corporal Melissa Reid, Private Amanda Reeve, Corporal Sue Davis and Corporal Rebekah Martinovich all members of the Al Muthanna Task Group at Camp Smitty. (Date uploaded: 01 November 2005 - 2 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian Light Armoured Vehicles in Al Muthanna Australian Light Armoured Vehicles travelling over the Al Muthanna Province. (Date uploaded: 01 November 2005 - 4 images) View Gallery |
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| AMTG set up Melbourne Cup Day racing centre Melbourne Cup Day is a welcome link with home for Australian Defence Force members serving with the Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) in southern Iraq. AMTG members based at Camp Smitty, some in racing silks, set up their own Melbourne Cup race centre in the shade of camouflage netting. (Date uploaded: 01 November 2005 - 2 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) parade Units from the 1st Brigade in Darwin line the streets of Robertson Barracks as they farewell AMTG2. In the foreground soldiers salute the guidon of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and the colours of the 5/7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment as it is marched past. (Date uploaded: 27 October 2005 - 5 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) farewell The Prime Minister, John Howard (second left), Minister for Defence Robert Hill (left), Lieutenant Colonel Peter Short and Brigadier John Cantwell listen as Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, addresses the farewell in Darwin of Al Muthanna Task Group 2. (Date uploaded: 27 October 2005 - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) assists with power installation in southern Iraq Civil Military Co-Operation is helping to rebuild essential services for the communities of the Al Muthanna Province of Iraq. Captain Tony Smith (Australian Army, Deployable Joint Force Headquarters) and Sergeant Dave Billings (British Army, Queens Own Yeomanry) in the village of Rywawsha with members of the village inspecting a new transformer installed to supply power to the community. (Date uploaded: 21 October 2005 - 7 images) View Gallery |
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| Civil Military Co-operation (CIMIC) renovates community centre in southern Iraq Lieutenant Colonel Paul McLachlan of Headquarters Joint Task Force (centre, hatless) and Lieutenant Colonel Roger Noble, Commanding Officer of the Al Muthanna Task Group, watch as Ali and other local children and adults enjoy the new computer systems in the refurbished community centre at As Salman. The centre has been renovated as an Australian Civil Military Co-operation (CIMIC) project. (Date uploaded: 21 October 2005 - 5 images) View Gallery |
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| Civil Military Co-operation (CIMIC) renovate bus depot in southern Iraq Lieutenant Colonel Roger Noble thanks the Provincial Director General of Transport, Farhan Abdul Hussain, for his remarks at the opening of the Australian funded Ar Rumaythah transport station in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 21 October 2005 - 3 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) in southern Iraq Lieutenant General Sawayama Commander 4th Division, Japanese Ground Self Defence Force in discussion with Lieutenant Colonel Roger Noble, Commanding Officer of Al Muthanna Task Group in the Officer's Mess at Camp Smitty during an official visit. (Date uploaded: 18 October 2005 - 11 images) View Gallery |
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| Grand Finals excitement in the Middle East CPL Jeff Dengate is a Townsville based soldiers deployed as part of SECDET VIII in Baghdad Iraq, and he shows his support for the Townsville Cowboys in the upcoming Football grand final. (Date uploaded: 30 September 2005 - 7 images) View Gallery |
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| Grand Finals pressure in the Middle East Army Signaller Craig Rootes (left) and RAAF Corporal Matt Burger assemble one of nine new satellite dishes with which ADF members in the Middle East will watch live coverage of the AFL Grand Final. (Date uploaded: 23 September 2005 - 1 image) View Gallery |
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| Concert in southern Iraq Comedians Big Brother and Little Brother with 2nd Cavalry Regiment soldiers serving with the Al Muthanna Task Group in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 13 September 2005 - 7 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian Soldiers deployed to Basrah, Iraq CPL Phillip Goldsack, Sig Jonathon Vella and CPL Darin Gaw, part of the small Australian group working in Basrah as part of the Multi-national Division South East. (Date uploaded: 08 September 2005 - 6 images) View Gallery |
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| RAAF C-130 Detachment in Iraq Towing tractor pulling a C-130 forward into taxi position. (Date uploaded: 08 September 2005 - 15 images) View Gallery |
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| RAAF 36 Squadron returns to the Middle East RAAF Corporal Matt Chaffer stands by with a fire extinguisher during the engine startup for an RAAF C130 Hercules aircraft from 36 Squadron at a coalition base in the Middle East. (Date uploaded: 08 September 2005 - 09 images) View Gallery |
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| RAAF 92 Wing maritime patrol in the Persian Gulf RAAF Sergeant Rod Wallace, an Airborne Electronics Analyst from 11 Squadron, takes his turn at an air observation window in an Orion maritime patrol aircraft during a mission over the northern Persian Gulf. (Date uploaded: 08 September 2005 - 09 images) View Gallery |
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| Members of SECDET VII's Corporal Nathan Heckel and Private Stewart Alpert - both from 6 Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) sniper cell on the range in Baghdad. (Date uploaded: 08 September 2005 - 09 images) View Gallery |
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| RAAF Orion maritime patrol aircraft in a intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission Overland view of southeast Iraq taken from an RAAF Orion maritime patrol aircraft during an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission. (Date uploaded: 08 September 2005 - 02 images) View Gallery |
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| The third Australian Army Training Team - Iraq return home Australian Army Training Team members returning from Iraq assemble at Sydney Airport to be welcomed home by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Teresa Gambaro MP. (Date uploaded: 30 August 2005 - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task group (AMTG) on patrol in northern As Samawah Corporal Bernie Maus from Melbourne, VIC, on patrol in northern As Samawah next to As Samawah General Hospital. CPL Maus is in 2 Troop, C squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment. CPL Maus is deployed as part of the Al Muthanna Task group (AMTG). (Date uploaded: 23 August 2005 - 11 images) View Gallery |
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| Task Force 58 commanding success in the Gulf Commander of maritime Task Force 58, CDRE Steve Gilmore, presenting the CTF58 Commendation to the OIC of MSD 22, LtCdr Pat Fulgham USN on Al Basrah Oil Terminal on 11 May 2005. (Date uploaded: 17 August 2005 - 16 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian Army Training Team - Iraq 4 A soldier from the Australian Army Training Team Iraq 4 [AATT- I (4) firing the AK-47 rifle. (Date uploaded: 10 August 2005 - 17 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian Army Training Team - Iraq 4 Soldiers of C-Company (2 Brigade 10th Iraqi Division) in their compound with the Australian Army Training Team - Iraq (4) Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAV) and a Bushmaster pictured behind the morning parade at Al Khadir. (Date uploaded: 09 August 2005 - 17 images) View Gallery |
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| Members of the Security Detachment Seven (SECDET VII) conducting range practice Member of Security Detachment Seven (SECDET VII) conducting range practice. (Date uploaded: 08 August 2005 - 5 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian soldiers from the Australian Army Training Team Iraq (AATTI) Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Tulley, the Commanding Officer of Australian Army Training Team Iraq - 4, stands in the desert landscape of the Al Muthanna province during a live-firing exercise. (Date uploaded: 02 August 2005 - 5 images) View Gallery |
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| The Australian designed and made Bushmaster infantry mobility vehicle from the Al Muthanna Task Group Iraqi soldiers walk pass an Australian designed and made Bushmaster Infantry Mobility vehicle from the Al Muthanna Task Group. The Bushmaster has proven to be very popular with the Australian soldiers due to its armour protection, powerful CAT engine, air conditioning and interior space. (Date uploaded: 02 August 2005 - 5 images) View Gallery |
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| Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and the Chief of Defence Force visit Australian troops deployed to Iraq Prime Minister John Howard listens to a briefing from Captain Paul Daws of the Al Muthanna Task Group during his visit to Camp Smitty in Iraq. (Date uploaded: 26 July 2005 - 12 images) View Gallery |
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| First match of the Desert Ashes series in Al Muthanna The Aussie diggers in Al Muthanna, now known as The Thunder From Down Under, have done themselves proud by defeating their British counterparts in the first match of the Desert Ashes series. The Australians scored 221 for the loss of only 6 wickets while the Brits were all out for 102. (Date uploaded: 25 July 2005 - 4 images) View Gallery |
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| Urban patrolling and method of entry lessons for Iraqi soldiers Iraqi soldiers take fire positions behind a wall during urban patrolling and method of entry lessons given by members of the Al Muthanna Task Group. (Date uploaded: 24 July 2005 - 12 images) View Gallery |
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| The Australian Army Training Team - Iraq Sergeant Michael Groves check maps with members of the Iraqi Army at a Vehicle Check Point near the town of Al Khidr. SGT Groves is with the Australian Army Training Team as a training instructor. (Date uploaded: 24 July 2005 - 7 images) View Gallery |
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| Refurbishment of Grain Silo Laboratory in Iraq Contracts were exchanged today between a local contractor, Mr Taha Kadem Ibrahim, the Chief Engineer, Mr Marthem Sakir Abd-Ala, and the Australian Army's Civil Military Cooperation team. These vital contracts will help the Al Muthanna region move towards peace and prosperity. (Date uploaded: 19 July 2005 - 1 image) View Gallery |
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| Civil Military Cooperation team from Task Force Eagle Major Graham Todkill from the Australian Civil Military Cooperation team attend a ceremony that officially opened a Bailey Bridge in a remote region of Al Muthanna as part of a project to improve roads and bridges in the Province. (Date uploaded: 14 July 2005 - 11 images) View Gallery |
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| HMAS DARWIN returns from the MEAO Families wait on the wharf, with balloons and welcoming banners, while HMAS DARWIN comes alongside. (Date uploaded: 29 June 2005 - 18 images) View Gallery |
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| Tallil Logistics detachment Captain Doug Te Wake of the Australian Army 1 Armoured Regiment (Darwin) is the Officer in Charge of the Tallil Logistics Detachment (Log Det) in al Muthanna Province, Iraq. (Date uploaded: 28 June 2005 - 5 images) View Gallery |
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| Ancient heritage of Iraq Australian Army ASLAV armoured vehicles in front of the Great Ziggurat of Ur, a four-thousand-year-old temple which is one of the archaeological treasures of southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 28 June 2005 - 4 images) View Gallery |
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| Community function in As Samawah with a theme of peace and fellowship The Commanding Officer of the Al Muthanna Task Group, Lieutenant Colonel Roger Noble (third from left), and Regimental Sergeant Major, Warrant Officer Class 1 Bob Aboud (fourth from left), share a laugh with their hosts at an Iraqi community function in As Samawah. (Date uploaded: 28 June 2005 - 4 images) View Gallery |
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| 2005 Northern Territory elections at Camp Smitty Trooper Clint Johnson, with the Al Muthanna Task Group, completes his postal ballot for the 2005 Northern Territory elections at Camp Smitty, near As Samawah in Al Muthanna, Iraq. The postal ballots were sent to the Province to allow Northern Territory residents registered to vote to participate in the election. (Date uploaded: 20 June 2005 - 2 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) register to vote for the upcoming Northern Territory elections. Sergeant David Jones from the Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) has been busy with the fax-machine as he lodged postal vote applications for the upcoming Northern Territory elections. (Date uploaded: 09 June 2005 - 1 image) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task Group conducting regular patrols Corporal John Smallacombe patrols along a railway line near Camp Smitty during routine foot patrols in the Al Muthanna Province. (Date uploaded: 09 June 2005 - 28 images) View Gallery |
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| Tour de Force Tottie Goldsmith. (Date uploaded: 08 June 2005 - 23 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna task group visit local market in As Samawah The Commanding Officer of the Al Muthanna Task Group, Lieutenant Colonel Roger Noble shares a drink and a laugh during a visit to the As Samawah souk where the aim was to conduct a reconnaissance and to identify local puchase opportunities. (Date uploaded: 02 June 2005 - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna task group patrolling an area surrounding the south-western regional centre of As Samawah Lance Corporal Andrew Forman from Noosa Heads Queensland of 5/7 RAR (Royal Australian Regiment) patrols the outskirts of As Samawah, Iraq. (Date uploaded: 01 June 2005 - 39 images) View Gallery |
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| Multi-National Forces in the Al Muthanna Province complete important Bailey Bridge project Major Graham Todkill from the Australian Civil Military Cooperation team attend a ceremony that officially opened a Bailey Bridge in a remote region of Al Muthanna as part of a project to improve roads and bridges in the Province. (Date uploaded: 31 May 2005 - 14 images) View Gallery |
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| The British Chief of Defence Staff, General Sir Michael Walker visits Australian troops at Camp Smitty Chief of Defence Staff, General Sir Michael Walker talks to Australian troops at Camp Smitty As Samawah, Iraq. (Date uploaded: 25 May 2005 - 15 images) View Gallery |
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| HMAS Newcastle sails for Operation CATALYST HMAS Newcastle sails for Operation CATALYST. (Date uploaded: 23 May 2005 - 13 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task Group on patrol Kids welcome Private Lee Bailey of 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) as he approaches a small village on the outskirts of As Samawah Iraq. (Date uploaded: 20 May 2005 - 25 images) View Gallery |
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| Dinner with tribal leaders in the Al Muthanna province Sheiks from Al Muthanna province, southern Iraq, at a dinner held at Camp Smitty with British Colonel Niall Campbell (centre) and Australian Lieutenant Colonel Roger Noble (left). (Date uploaded: 15 May 2005 - 2 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task Group attending a range practice outside As Samawah Corporal Josh Bowden and Private Todd Young of the Al Muthanna Task Group attending a range practice outside As Samawah. (Date uploaded: 13 May 2005 - 6 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) patrolling near the town of As Samawah Australian soldiers of the Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) stop for orders before a patrol near the town of As Samawah, southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 13 May 2005 - 16 images) View Gallery |
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| Handover of Camp Smitty Private Inia Tunidau from 2 Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (2 PWRR), conducting security handover for Camp Smitty, Iraq, with Private Jason Smith of the Australian Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG). (Date uploaded: 13 May 2005 - 13 images) View Gallery |
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| HMAS Tobruk offloading cargo of Australian Light Armoured Vehicles HMAS TOBRUK offloads its embarked cargo of Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAV's) in the MEAO. These vehicles will form part of the Al Muthanna Task Group based in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 09 May 2005 - 09 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian troops arrive at Al Muthanna Task Group's Camp Smitty Australian troops arrive at Al Muthanna Task Group's (AMTG) Camp Smitty. (Date uploaded: 03 May 2005 - 08 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian takes command of Maritime Security Operations in the Northern Persian Gulf Chief Petty Officer Wes Elsom (left) and Commodore Steve Gilmore (center) of the Royal Australian Navy toured engine rooms aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) with Capt. J. Scott Jones, the ships commander, April 15. (Date uploaded: 03 May 2005 - 03 images) View Gallery |
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| Defence Minister Robert Hill Meets Iraqi Prime Minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari Australian Defence Minister Senator The Hon Robert Hill meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-jaafarui in Baghdad. (Date uploaded: 02 May 2005 - 12 images) View Gallery |
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| Minister of Defence, Senator Robert Hill visits Camp Smitty in As Samawah, Iraq The Minister of Defence, Senator Robert Hill, tours the Al Muthanna Task Group's (AMTG) Camp Smitty alongside the commander of Joint Task Force 633, Air Commodore Greg Evans (far left) and Commander of the AMTG, Lieutenant Colonel Roger Noble (center). (Date uploaded: 01 May 2005 - 12 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian Joint Task Force Headquarters in Iraq Members of the Australian Headquarters Joint Task Force 633 with soldiers from US Army 20th Engineer Brigade, 18 Airborne Corps in Baghdad. (Date uploaded: 30 April 2005 - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) meet in As Samawah with the Iraqi Army and Japanese Iraq Reconstruction Group Members of the Australian Army's Al Muthanna Task Group took the first steps in their mission in Iraq with meetings in As Samawah with the Iraqi Army and Japanese Iraq Reconstruction Group. (Date uploaded: 29 April 2005 - 17 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) road move from a Coalition Military base Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) road move from a Coalition Military base in the Middle East to its operating base at Camp Smitty - Iraq. (Date uploaded: 26 April 2005 - 17 images) View Gallery |
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| Additional components of the Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) arrive in the Middle East Additional components of the Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) arrive in the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO). (Date uploaded: 22 April 2005 - 9 images) View Gallery |
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| Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) - updated file imagery ASLAV fitted with new bar armour taking part in the 1 Brigade Mission Rehearsal Exercise (MRE) in Darwin. (Date uploaded: 20 April 2005 - 25 images) View Gallery |
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| Farewell of the Al Muthanna Task Group Brigadier John Cantwell AM, Commander 1st Brigade, farewell troops departing from Darwin for Iraq aboard a RAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III on loan from the British RAF. (Date uploaded: 19 April 2005 - 25 images) View Gallery |
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| First Al Muthanna Task Group ASLAVs arrive in the Middle East Area of Operations The first Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) of the Al Muthanna Task Group (AMTG) arrives in the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO). (Date uploaded: 18 April 2005 - 7 images) View Gallery |
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| Al Muthanna Task Group loading on HMAS Tobruk Royal Australian Navy amphibious ship, HMAS Tobruk, loading equipment for elements of the Australian Army's 1st Brigade deploying as the Al Muthanna Task Group. (Date uploaded: 15 April 2005 - 12 images) View Gallery |
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| Farewell to HMAS Tobruk The Maritime Commander - Australia, Rear Admiral Rowan Moffitt farewells HMAS TOBRUK as she sails off to Darwin and then, onto the Persian Gulf. (Date uploaded: 04 April 2005 - 8 images) View Gallery |
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| ADF and US personnel on Operation CATALYST Squadron Leader Paul Muscat - Royal Australian Air Force instructs, Staff Sergeant Spencer Colburn and Specialist Keyon Cummings - both from the United States Army, on mine search training given by the Explosives Hazard Awareness Team (EHAT) in Baghdad, led by the Australian. (Date uploaded: 09 February 2005 - 10 images) View Gallery |
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| HMAS Adelaide returns from Operation CATALYST HMAS Adelaide in Cockburn Sound HMAS Stirling causeway in the background. (Date uploaded: 27 January 2005 - 15 images) View Gallery |
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| Second Australian Army Training Team-Iraq (AATTI-2) Renmark, South Australia, local Shane Doevendans, a Sergeant in the Australian Army is deployed to the Middle East as part of Operation CATALYST. (Date uploaded: 24 January 2005 - 1 image) View Gallery |
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| Australia day coming to Operation CATALYST Troops from the Australian Defence Force Security Detachment in Baghdad, Iraq, proudly fly the Australian Flag for the camera during a break in their duties. (Date uploaded: 24 January 2005 - 3 images) View Gallery |
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| P-3C Orion flies 500th RAAF surveillance mission On 10 December 2004 a P-3C Orion aircraft flew it's 500th Air Force surveillance mission in the Middle East Area of Operation. (Date uploaded: 17 January 2005 - 2 images) View Gallery |
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| 920 ADF personnel in operation in the Gulf Captain Shane Peachey is one of the operations officers and forms part of the seven member Australian team at the Multi-National Division- Southeast in Basrah, southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 12 January 2005 - 4 images) View Gallery |
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