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Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 01:24 GMT 02:24 UK

In pictures: Operation Banner

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British soldiers were initially welcomed into nationalist communities when they arrived in 1969. (Picture courtesy of MoD)

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Soldiers search an outbuilding in a remote part of the Northern Ireland countryside. (Picture courtesy of MoD)

Soldiers on a street in Belfast

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Troops regularly supported police operations from 1969 onwards. (Picture courtesy of MoD)

Londonderry 1970

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Troops on the streets became a regular sight in Northern Ireland after 1969. (Picture courtesy of MoD)

View from behind the British Army barricade

View from behind the British Army barricade

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On 30 January 1972 British paratroopers opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in Londonderry. The day became known as Bloody Sunday. (Photo by William L. Rukeyser)

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Soldiers being attacked by rioters on the Falls Road in Belfast. (Picture courtesy of MoD)

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Army bomb experts at work in Belfast during the Troubles. (Picture courtesy of MoD)

Drumcree Church July 1998

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Troops look on as Orangemen gather beside Drumcree Church.

Army Lynx helicopter above south Armagh

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Army Lynx helicopters became a regular sight in the skies about south Armagh. (Picture courtesy of MoD)

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Army engineers dismantling the Watch Tower at Newtonhamilton, County Armagh.

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Soldiers of 2nd Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment pack for the last time at the Bessbrook Mill military complex, south Armagh.

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