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Image Not Available for Afghan civilians stand by a wall covered in graffiti depicting machine guns and two anti-coalition slogans in Pashto saying "Death for London" and Death for America" in an area recently pacified and secured by the US Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and British Forces in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Garmsir has been a haven for insurgents for the last several years. Earlier this year the Marines cleared the area after a period of heavy fighting and recently handed over control to British Forces
Afghan civilians stand by a wall covered in graffiti depicting machine guns and two anti-coalition slogans in Pashto saying "Death for London" and Death for America" in an area recently pacified and secured by the US Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and British Forces in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Garmsir has been a haven for insurgents for the last several years. Earlier this year the Marines cleared the area after a period of heavy fighting and recently handed over control to British Forces
Image Not Available for Afghan civilians stand by a wall covered in graffiti depicting machine guns and two anti-coalition slogans in Pashto saying "Death for London" and Death for America" in an area recently pacified and secured by the US Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and British Forces in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Garmsir has been a haven for insurgents for the last several years. Earlier this year the Marines cleared the area after a period of heavy fighting and recently handed over control to British Forces

Afghan civilians stand by a wall covered in graffiti depicting machine guns and two anti-coalition slogans in Pashto saying "Death for London" and Death for America" in an area recently pacified and secured by the US Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and British Forces in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Garmsir has been a haven for insurgents for the last several years. Earlier this year the Marines cleared the area after a period of heavy fighting and recently handed over control to British Forces

Creator Louie Palu (Canadian, born 1968)
DateAugust 26, 2008
Mediumpigment print
DimensionsOverall: 50.8 × 61 cm (20 × 24 in.)
Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)
Credit LineGift of Louie Palu in memory of Fiorina and Giuseppe Palu, 2021
Object number2021/1328
Copyright
© Louie Palu, courtesy of Stephen Bulger Gallery
LocationNot currently on display

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US Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Battle Landing Team (BLT) 1/6 Alpha Company patrol down a main street of a village in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Garmsir has been a haven for insurgents for the last several years. Earlier this year the Marines cleared the area after a period of heavy fighting and recently handed over control to British Forces
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