U.S. Marines assigned to Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, patrol through the streets of Haditha, Iraq, looking for weapons caches, Dec. 21, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T.G. Kessler


U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Thompson, assigned to Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, destroys a door with an axe while searching for weapons in Haditha, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T.G. Kessler


U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Derrick Kepler, a rifleman assigned to Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, provides security while fellow Marines conducted a cordon and search operation in Haditha, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T.G. Kessler


An improvised hand grenade was found in a weapons cache during a cordon and search operations by U.S. Marines in Haditha, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T.G. Kessler


U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Dotson assigned to Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, holds up an 82-mm mortar head and a pair of armor plates found in a weapons cache in Haditha, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T.G. Kessler


A weapons cache consisting of several bundles of stick propellant, some explosives, two AK-47 assault rifles and several other items were found in Haditha, Iraq, by 1st Platoon, Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment during a raid operation, Dec. 21, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T.G. Kessler


U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nicholas Darrah, a rifleman assigned to 1st squad, Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, provides security while fellow Marines conduct a cordon and search operations looking for weapons and explosives in Haditha, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T.G. Kessler


U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Luis Rosado, left, assigned to Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, examines some of the items found in a weapons cache during a cordon and search mission in Haditha, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T.G. Kessler)


U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Miguel Cira, a combat engineer assigned to Golf Co, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, shares a snack with a local child during a cordon and search operation looking for weapons and explosives in Haditha, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T.G. Kessler



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