030524-N-5362A-010 Al Hillah, Iraq (May, 24th 2003) -- Marines, assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (1st MEF), stand guard duty at a palace compound that is now part of Camp Babylon. The palace was one of Saddam Hussein's summer palaces that overlooks the ancient ruins of Babylon, was liberated as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. (REL


030524-N-5362A-010 Al Hillah, Iraq (May, 24th 2003) -- Marines, assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (1st MEF), stand guard duty at a palace compound that is now part of Camp Babylon. The palace was one of Saddam Hussein's summer palaces that overlooks the ancient ruins of Babylon, was liberated as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. (RELEASED) US Navy 030524-N-5362A-010 Marines, assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (1st MEF), stand guard duty at a palace compound


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