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King Hussein of Jordan arrives at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq and is greeted by Saddam Hussein.
King Hussein of Jordan descending stairs from his Royal Jordanian Airline jet passenger aircraft at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq. He greets and kisses Iraq President Saddam Hussein who is waiting on the tarmac. King Hussein and Saddam Hussein review Iraqi Republican Guard troops and are greeted by other Iraqi officials, including Tariq Aziz, before entering a waiting Cadillac limousine and driving off. (Iran-Iraq war period).
Workers on camels transport dates to Persia and Arabian Desert.
Workers on camels transport dates to Persia and Arabian Desert. Arab local lifting water from 'charad' (a native water lift) with the help of a cow. Workers cultivate date garden and cut date offshoots in Basra. Packing offshoots for shipment to the United States Department of Agriculture.
British military forces in Palestine and Mesopotamia during World War I
Camel caravan passes wagons mired in water. Turkish troops surrendering to British soldiers.The Turks are excorted past British soldiers manning an 18 pounder field artillery piece. The prisoners of war join a large group of other POWs held in an outdoor containment. Closeup of British General Edmund Allenby, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), who led forces that seized Jerusalem from the Ottomans. The British Forces marching into Jerusalem, led by a Bagpipe Band. British soldiers escorting Ottoman prisoners. A British gunboat firing while anchored on the Tigris River. British soldiers marching up ma mountainside and building a tall, somewhat pyramidal, observation post, made of sand bags. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A radio transmission tower. Equestrian statue of King Faisal I, in King Faisal Square, Haifa Street
A radio transmission tower and a statue in Baghdad, Iraq. A radio transmission tower outside Baghdad. A transmission headquarters building. A vehicle moves away from the building. Equestrian statue of King Faisal I of Iraq, in King Faisal Square, at the end of Haifa street, Baghdad, Iraq
Saddam Hussein addresses the Iraqi National Assembly in Baghdad
Saddam Hussain addresses the Iraqi National Assembly (al-Majlis al-Watani), consisting exclusively of Saddam Hussein’s own fellow Baath party members, as the military president of Iraq. From his speech, Saddam Hussein highlights the importance of the National Assembly’s decision-making for the good of Iraq, the pride of being a democratic country with “democracy as a pillar of Iraq” and how they can face the local, national and regional issues long related to their country’s history.
United States Coast Guard patrols the sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia as Operation Desert Storm begins.
Highlights the role of United States Coast Guard in Operation Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia. Tanks and planes take off during early hours of 17th January 1991 to attack Iraq and Operation Desert Storm gets underway. Newspaper headline reads, "WAR! Forces Launch Attack on Iraq" President George H W Bush in his address explains the need and importance of military action against Iraq. United States Coast Guards on board a patrol boat underway at sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Men send messages on wireless. A man at a gun on board a boat. BM2 Joe Gosh and PS1 Jim Cudney state the preparedness for the war.
