A U.S. Marine assigned to the 4th Marine Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division uses binoculars during an operation while looking for suspicious activities and personnel outside Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


U.S. Marines assigned to the Regimental Combat Team 2 search underneath a railroad car during an operation while looking for suspicious activities outside Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


U.S. Marines assigned to the Regimental Combat Team 2 and a Marine with 4th Marine Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division confer with each other outside an Iraqi railroad station during an operation near Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


A U.S. Marine assigned to the Regimental Combat Team 2 advances on a railroad station during an operation while looking for suspicious activities and personnel outside Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


An Iraqi army soldier assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division questions an Iraqi girl in an abandoned railroad station in Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. The soldier is a part of an operation used to search for suspicious activities and personnel within the area of operations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


An Iraqi army soldier assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division photographs an AK-47 in an abandoned railroad station in Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


A U.S. Marine assigned to the Regimental Combat Team 2 provides security while looking for suspicious activities and personnel outside an Iraqi railroad station during an operation near Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard


U.S. Marines assigned to the Regimental Combat Team 2 load onto a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter after an operation looking for suspicious activities and personnel outside Al Qaim, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Charles S. Howard




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