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U.S. and Iraqi army soldiers create a blocking position along the Syrian border, Nov. 10, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Benjamin J. Flores


U.S. and Iraqi army soldiers created a sleeping area for soldiers to rest while at a blocking position along the Syrian border, Nov. 10, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Benjamin J. Flores


An Iraqi army soldier with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, 7th Division attached to U.S. Marine Corps Military Transition Team stands post at a U.S. Army blocking position with U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 3rd Platoon, Charlie Troop, along the Syrian border, Nov. 10, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Benjamin J. Flores


U.S. and Iraqi army soldiers create a blocking position along the Syrian border, Nov. 10, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Benjamin J. Flores


A U.S. Army soldier with Charlie Troop, Headquarters Platoon, 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Division, keeps a vigilant eye over some military-age males apprehended while bringing food across the Euphrates River near the Syrian border, Nov. 10, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Benjamin J. Flores


Iraqi soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, 7th Division attached to U.S. Marine Corps Military Transition Team patrol through a field along the Euphrates River near the Syrian border, Nov. 10, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Benjamin J. Flores


Iraqi soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, 7th Division attached to U.S. Marine Corps Military Transition Team patrol through a field along the Euphrates River near the Syrian border, Nov. 10, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Benjamin J. Flores

SUNSET PATROL — As the sun sets, members of the Iraqi army and Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines patrol the streets in Karabilah, Iraq, for insurgents hiding during Operation Steel Curtain, Nov. 12, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Neill A. Sevelius