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Iraq Levies recruits drilling at Habbaniya
A British instructor in a slouch hat drills a line of Iraq Levies recruits at Habbaniya who still wear their tribal dress: embroidered jackets, sashes, wide trousers and feathered caps. The Levies were then recruited largely from Assyrians, so many of these men are likely Assyrian.
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