A Gurkha rifleman serving as a sniper with the Royal Irish Regiment in Iraq, 2003

Digital photograph by Giles Penfound, 24 March 2003.

A Gurkha rifleman serving with 'D' Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, armed with a L96 sniper rifle, provides security for a Royal Engineers bomb disposal team clearing an Iraqi trench of possible booby traps.

One of a collection of digital photographs relating to Operation TELIC, Iraq, 2003.