Iraqi Insurgent Figures

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Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, which espoused secular pan-Arabism, economic modernization, and Arab socialism, Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long-term power. In April 2003, Saddam's whereabouts remained is question during the weeks following the fall of Baghdad and the conclusion of the major fighting of the war.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iraqi Woman In Burqa
A Burqa is an enveloping outer garment worn by women is some Islamic traditions for the purpose of cloaking the entire body. It is worn over the usual daily clothing, often a long dress or a shalwar kameez, and removed when the woman returns to the sanctuary of the household. The garment is usually sewn from light materials, and requires many meters of material.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iraqi Sniper
Here, an Iraqi Sniper carrying an SVDK. The purpose of it is to deal with targets which are too hard for standard 7.62x54R sniper rifles like SV-98 or SVD, such as assault troops in heavy body armour or enemy snipers behind covers. The effective range of SVDK is cited as ‘about 600 meters'. The 16.5-gram bullet has a hardened steel core and is launched at about 770 m/s, generating about 4900 Joules of muzzle energy. At 200 meters the 7N33 bullet has 80% chances to penetrate 10 mm (0.4") armour plate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iraqi RPG
In the period following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the RPG became a favourite weapon of the insurgent forces fighting the U.S. troops. Since most of the readily-available RPG-7 rounds cannot penetrate M1 Abrams tank armour from the front or sides, it is primarily effective against soft-skinned or lightly armoured vehicles, and infantry. However, even basic RPG-7 rounds can disable tanks and occasionally even lead to permanent losses if the tank is hit where armour is weak.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iraqi Suicide Bomber
Suicide bombings in Iraq since 2003 have killed thousands of people, mostly Iraqi civilians, and arguably constitute a new phenomenon in the history of warfare. Suicide bombings have been used as a tactic in other armed struggles, but their frequency and lethality in Iraq is unprecedented. Iraqi insurgents began to shift their focus away from attacking U.S. and coalition forces with roadside bombs and instead began targeting the Iraqi population with suicide bombers and vehicle-borne IEDs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iraqi Assault Soldier
An at the ready interpretations of the Iraqi soldier. The Mahdi Army, also known as the Mahdi Militia or Jaish al Mahdi, is an Iraqi paramilitary force created by the Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in June 2003. The group rose to international prominence on April 4, 2004 when it spearheaded the first major armed confrontation against the U.S.-led occupation forces in Iraq.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Figures

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George Walker Bush
After September 11, Bush announced a global War on Terrorism. The Afghan Taliban regime was not forthcoming with Osama Bin Laden, so Bush ordered the invasion to Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban regime.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Barack Hussein Obama II
Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States. Obama will continue the War in Terrorism and would send more troops to Afghanistan, totalling between 3,500 and 9,00 soldiers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty, or more formally, Liberty Enlightening the World, was presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886. Standing on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, it welcomes visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans travelling by ship. The copper-clad statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence and was given to the United States to represent the friendship established during the American Revolution.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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American Sniper
Servicemen volunteer for sniper training are accepted on the basis of their aptitude as perceived by their commanders. Military snipers may be trained as forward air controllers (FACs) to direct air strikes or forward observers (FOs) to direct artillery or mortar fire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The World Trade Center
The World Trade Center, sometimes referred to as WTC or Twin Towers, was a complex in Lower Manhattan whose seven buildings were destroyed in 2001 in the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with seven new skyscrapers and a memorial to the casualties of the attacks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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American Heavy Gunner
The M240 or 240 Bravo, formally Machine Gun, 7.62mm, M240, has been used in the United States armed forces since the mid 1990s. It is used extensively by infantry, as well as ground vehicles, watercraft, and aircraft. Despite not being the lightest medium machine gun in the service, the M240 is highly regarded for reliability, and its standardization among NATO members is also seen as a major advantage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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American Assault Soldier
An at the ready interpretation of the American soldier for the war in Afghanistan, carrying an M4 with M203. A war which began on October 7, 2001 as the US military operation Operation Enduring Freedom, was launched by the United States with the United Kingdom in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.