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Royal Artillery 38 Battery 40 Regiment Bombadier Naylor Ewen, from Camberley, England rides in a British Army patrol boat to conduct a September 6, 2003 lookout for smugglers down the Shatt al-Arab river near Basra, Iraq. 15 British sailors and Marines were captured on Friday, March 23, 2007 by Iranian forces in this waterway leading to the Persian Gulf and then released after 12 days in what became a large international diplomatic incident.

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Filename: iraq2003_d_fall001.jpg
Copyright: 2003 Scott Nelson
Image Size: 3008x1960 / 934.0KB; Iraq Basra British United Kingdom Army Navy Engineers Royal Shatt al-Arab aterway patrol Iran border Iranian smugglers smuggling port boat cruiser river disputed
Contained in galleries: Iraq War 2003-2007

Royal Artillery 38 Battery 40 Regiment Bombadier Naylor Ewen, from Camberley, England rides in a British Army patrol boat to conduct a September 6, 2003 lookout for smugglers down the Shatt al-Arab river near Basra, Iraq. 15 British sailors and Marines were captured on Friday, March 23, 2007 by Iranian forces in this waterway leading to the Persian Gulf and then released after 12 days in what became a large international diplomatic incident.