British Army snatch squad in Basra,(l-r) Lance Corporal Richard Watson, 23, of Rawdon, Leeds; Fusilier Nicky Jones, 20, of Amble, Northumberland; Lance Corporal Paul Gerrard, 25, from Rugby; Sergeant Ed Rutherford, 26, of Hexham, Northumberland; *..Lance Corporal Mark Lockhart, 23, of Brunswick, Newcastle; Military Police Corporal Russ Harrison, 31, of Montrose, Scotland; Corporal Harry Harrington, 28, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. The squad told how they seized three suspect militia men in a dramatic dawn raid - in just 25 seconds. The team crept up on the building in semi-darkness before

British Army snatch squad in Basra,(l-r) Lance Corporal Richard Watson, 23, of Rawdon, Leeds; Fusilier Nicky Jones, 20, of Amble, Northumberland; Lance Corporal Paul Gerrard, 25, from Rugby; Sergeant Ed Rutherford, 26, of Hexham, Northumberland; *..Lance Corporal Mark Lockhart, 23, of Brunswick, Newcastle; Military Police Corporal Russ Harrison, 31, of Montrose, Scotland; Corporal Harry Harrington, 28, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. The squad told how they seized three suspect militia men in a dramatic dawn raid - in just 25 seconds. The team crept up on the building in semi-darkness before Stock Photo
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PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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2048 x 1536 px | 34.7 x 26 cm | 13.7 x 10.2 inches | 150dpi

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17 April 2003

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Basra Iraq

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British Army snatch squad in Basra, (l-r) Lance Corporal Richard Watson, 23, of Rawdon, Leeds; Fusilier Nicky Jones, 20, of Amble, Northumberland; Lance Corporal Paul Gerrard, 25, from Rugby; Sergeant Ed Rutherford, 26, of Hexham, Northumberland; *..Lance Corporal Mark Lockhart, 23, of Brunswick, Newcastle; Military Police Corporal Russ Harrison, 31, of Montrose, Scotland; Corporal Harry Harrington, 28, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. The squad told how they seized three suspect militia men in a dramatic dawn raid - in just 25 seconds. The team crept up on the building in semi-darkness before storming in at first light, holding their suspects at gunpoint while searching for weapons. It was one of a series of dawn raids launched on the homes of men suspected to have been former henchmen of the Saddam Hussein regime.

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