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Chinooks Approaching the Al Faw Peninsula, Iraq by David Rowlands. (AP) ART41 After the Battle of RoundwayDHM1485AP. Chinooks Approaching the Al Faw Peninsula, Iraq by David Rowlands. Chinook helicopters based at RAF Odiham approach the landing site on the Al Faw peninsula, Iraq on the night of 20th March 2003 to insert Royal Marines to secure the oil terminal. Operation HOUGHTON, as it was known, was part of the early stages of Operation TELIC, the campaign to rid the country of Saddam Hussein. The strength of the enemy ground forces was unknown. The