030328-N-5362A-012 Near Umm Qasr, Iraq (Mar. 28, 2003) -- 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 IraqÕs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 1s

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030328-N-5362A-012 Near Umm Qasr, Iraq (Mar. 28, 2003) -- 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 IraqÕs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. (RELEASED) US Navy 030328-N-5362A-012 Navy Mine Counter Measures ship USS Dextrous (MCM 13) patrols the waters during mine clearing operations in the Klawr Abd Allah (KAA) waterway

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