Caption:
Near Umm Qasr, Iraq (Mar. 28, 2003) -- U.S. Navy Mine Counter
Measures ship USS Dextrous (MCM 13) patrols the waters during mine
clearing operations in the Klawr Abd Allah (KAA) waterway.
Coalition Naval forces cleared the waterway of mines and rogue vessels
to make way for the arrival of humanitarian relief shipments in support
of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the
multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate
Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam
Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class
Arlo K.
Abrahamson. (RELEASED)
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