Cover illustration: PJR10 – 20030316 – Camp Hammersmith, Kuwait: United Kingdom Army soldiers with the 33 Royal Engineer Regiment Joint Task Force EOD Group talk to each other wearing highly protective chemical suits 16 March 2003 during a EOD demonstration at Camp Hammersmith. The experts on land mines, submunitions, chemicals, and other hazards demonstrated how they would deal with any such hazards encountered in the Kuwaiti or Iraqi desert. EPA photo AFPI/Paul J. Richards.
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