Local Iraqis clean up trash dumped in their neighborhood in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007, during a clearing operation for weapons or suspicious items. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Pvt. Brian Terry, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, speaks with an Iraqi woman during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Ciurro, with 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, prepares to enter and search a house during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division run up stairs to begin searching a house during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Ciurro, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, breaches the door of a house during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


A U.S. Army soldier assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division checks the chamber of an AK47 for any rounds while searching a house during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Ciurro, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, looks around a rooftop of a house for weapons or suspicious items during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Theodore, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, speaks with an Iraqi man during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland



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