
U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division conduct door- to - door searches during a raid on suspected weapons caches in Al Doura, southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi

U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division conduct door to door searches during a raid on suspected weapons caches in Al Doura southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi

A U.S. Army gunner from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division keeps an eye for any enemy activity during a raid on suspected weapons caches in Al Doura, southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi

A U.S. Army soldier from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division scales a fence during a raid on suspected weapons caches in Al Doura, southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi

A U.S. Army soldier from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division provides security during a raid on suspected weapons caches in Al Doura, southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi

U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division search a pile of rubble for weapons in Al Doura, southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi

U.S. Army Staff Sgts. Douglas Middleton and Joseph Staver, from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, dig a site for suspected weapons cache in Al Doura, southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi

U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division cordon off the streets during a search for suspected weapons caches in Al Doura, southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi
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