I've Seen so Much Change in Iraq Over Six Years ; Iraq Is a Far Different Place Now Than It Was When the Allies Invaded in 2003. Jamie Grierson Spoke to a Cornish Soldier Who Helped Liberate the Country From Saddam Hussein's Regime and Whose Career Is Still Wrapped Around the Middle Eastern Country

Western Morning News, The › October 02, 2009

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MEMBERS of 5th Battalion The Rifles (5 Rifles) were the first into Iraq in 2003 - and they are likely to be the last out.

It is soldiers like Corporal Thomas Walker, of D-Company, 5 Rifles, who was there at the beginning of the invasion and is currently on his third tour in Iraq, who have really seen the change in the country over the six years.

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I've Seen so Much Change in Iraq Over Six Years ; Iraq Is a Far Different Place Now Than It Was When the Allies Invaded in 2003. Jamie Grierson Spoke to a Cornish Soldier Who Helped Liberate the Country From Saddam Hussein's Regime and Whose Career Is Still Wrapped Around the Middle Eastern Country

The 25-year-old, from Falmouth, Cornwall, describes Operation Telic 1, the first push over the border from Kuwait into southern Iraq, a...

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