BATUFA, NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06-15. LOCAL PESCHMERGA PEOPLE DISPLAY THE CRICKET BATS AND OTHER ...

Place Middle East: Persia, Kurdistan
Accession Number P01665.019
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Morris, Jane Gabrielle
Place made Iraq: Duhok Governate
Date made 15 June 1991
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
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Description

BATUFA, NORTHERN IRAQ. 1991-06-15. LOCAL PESCHMERGA PEOPLE DISPLAY THE CRICKET BATS AND OTHER TROPHIES PRESENTED TO THEM BY PLAYERS IN THE CRICKET `TEST' BETWEEN THE AUSTRALIAN SERVICE CONTINGENT AND THE ENGLISH CONTINGENT OPERATION HABITAT. THE OPERATION WAS INVOLVED IN THE SUPPLY OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO KURDISH REFUGEES FLEEING IRAQI FORCES IN THE WAKE OF THE GULF WAR.