US troops in Iraq - in pictures

  • A US Army soldier looks over Baghdad from the International Zone in Iraq in 2021. All photos: Getty Images
    A US Army soldier looks over Baghdad from the International Zone in Iraq in 2021. All photos: Getty Images
  • Troops are stationed in a guardhouse on the perimeter of the International Zone in Baghdad in 2021
    Troops are stationed in a guardhouse on the perimeter of the International Zone in Baghdad in 2021
  • US Army 82nd Airborne Division soldiers at their base in western Mosul in 2017
    US Army 82nd Airborne Division soldiers at their base in western Mosul in 2017
  • A US Army soldier stands guard during Christmas Day mass at Mar Hanna Church in Qaraqosh, Mosul, in 2016
    A US Army soldier stands guard during Christmas Day mass at Mar Hanna Church in Qaraqosh, Mosul, in 2016
  • On patrol outside Al Fadael School in northern Baghdad in 2009
    On patrol outside Al Fadael School in northern Baghdad in 2009
  • Keeping watch near a monument at the heavily fortified Green Zone area in Baghdad in 2009
    Keeping watch near a monument at the heavily fortified Green Zone area in Baghdad in 2009
  • An Iraqi boy encounters a US soldier on ground patrol in the Baladiyat neighbourhood of Baghdad in 2008
    An Iraqi boy encounters a US soldier on ground patrol in the Baladiyat neighbourhood of Baghdad in 2008
  • New US soldiers raise their hands during an oath ceremony at Camp Victory, Baghdad, 2007
    New US soldiers raise their hands during an oath ceremony at Camp Victory, Baghdad, 2007
  • US soldiers set up security positions after landing in the desert at the start of Operation Diablo X in Baghdad in 2005
    US soldiers set up security positions after landing in the desert at the start of Operation Diablo X in Baghdad in 2005
  • An Iraqi woman peers out of her house at a US soldier in Tall Afar in 2005
    An Iraqi woman peers out of her house at a US soldier in Tall Afar in 2005
  • US Army troops clear abandoned houses of insurgent fighters in Fallujah in 2004
    US Army troops clear abandoned houses of insurgent fighters in Fallujah in 2004
  • A US Marine shows new Iraqi Army soldiers how to use a missile, near Fallujah in 2004
    A US Marine shows new Iraqi Army soldiers how to use a missile, near Fallujah in 2004
  • US soldiers and Iraqi police investigate the scene of a car bombing at the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad in 2003
    US soldiers and Iraqi police investigate the scene of a car bombing at the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad in 2003
  • A serviceman with the US Army 101st Airborne 3-502 is silhouetted operating a 50-calibre Humvee-mounted machinegun in Mosul, 2003
    A serviceman with the US Army 101st Airborne 3-502 is silhouetted operating a 50-calibre Humvee-mounted machinegun in Mosul, 2003
  • US infantry soldiers use a Bradley fighting vehicle for cover outside Baghdad International Airport in 2003
    US infantry soldiers use a Bradley fighting vehicle for cover outside Baghdad International Airport in 2003
  • A US soldier stands next to a burning oil well at Rumaila oil fields in 2003
    A US soldier stands next to a burning oil well at Rumaila oil fields in 2003