File:1979 U.S. embassy burning in Islamabad.png

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Description	Pakistani Army Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma helicopter hovers over US embassy Islamabad under siege.
Author or copyright owner	unknown Islamabad resident who may have licensed it to AFP, on further research it is unclear.
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Immediate source: https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/2mz6eh/pakistani_mob_burning_down_the_the_united_states/
Date of publication	November 21, 1979
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	1979 U.S. embassy burning in Islamabad
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Smallest viable size, used once at the top of the article to illustrate an important historic event
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Event has passed, embassy no longer exists. I have searched and contacted the United States national archives, there are no existing free photos of this event taken by the United States that have survived the event
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Smallest viable size used once.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Smallest viable size, used once to depict the event. Reduced size makes the official licensed copy preferable
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of 1979 U.S. embassy burning in Islamabad//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1979_U.S._embassy_burning_in_Islamabad.pngtrue

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:00, 24 May 2023		365 × 273 (167 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	00:12, 23 May 2023	No thumbnail	800 × 600 (635 KB)	Abovfold (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free file using File Upload Wizard

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