Marine from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, speaks into his radio while on patrol with the Iraqi Police. It was the first combined patrol in Habbaniyah that the two forces have done and marked a turning point for the future of Iraq. The Iraqi Policeman pictured here wearing a ski mask is one of hundreds of policemen in Al Anbar province who, despite the constant danger to their lives for simply going to work, turn out to clean up the streets of their hometowns. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Christopher Zahn, 2nd Marine, 02/23/2007
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