TOP OF BATTA - U.S. Army 1st Lt. Foster Thorpe, left, and an Iraqi National Police officer stand on top of an abandoned house during a cordon and search operation in Al Batta, Iraq, June 20, 2008.U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric Hein

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JOINT SECURITY STATION
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, left, commander of Multi-National Corps - Iraq, meets with officials from the Iraqi National Police and Iraqi Civil Defense Directorate at a new joint security station in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2007. The station is one of 32 stood up as part of the Baghdad security plan. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Curt Cashour

Labels: Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi Civil Defense Directorate, Iraqi National Police, Multi-National Corps - Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, photos, US Army

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Brad Kelly speaks through an interpreter to Iraqi men about the activity in the Ur area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2007. Kelly is assigned to the Black Hawk Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Cpl. Joseph Casiano pulls security outside a shop during a combined cordon and search with the Iraqi National Police in the Ur area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2007. Casiano is assigned to the Black Hawk Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Cpl. Joseph Casiano pulls security in the stairwell of an apartment building while other soldiers search rooms in the building during a combined cordon and search with the Iraqi National Police in the Ur area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Cpl. Joseph Casiano pulls security during a combined cordon and search with the Iraqi National Police in the Ur area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


Iraqi National Police officers pull security outside a house during a combined cordon and search with U.S. Army soldiers in the Ur area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2007. The soldiers are assigned to the Black Hawk Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Spc. David Tunstall pulls security as fellow soldiers search an auto service shop and talk to the owner about activity in the Ur area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Cpl. Joseph Casiano checks an Iraqi mans hands for chemicals used to make improvised explosive devices during a combined cordon and search with the Iraqi National Police in the Ur area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2007. Casiano is assigned to the Black Hawk Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Coco Gunther, assigned to the 1st Combat Camera Squadron, gives an Iraqi baby a kiss during a combined cordon and search with the Iraqi National Police in the Ur area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2007. Gunther is patrolling with U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the Black Hawk Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland

Labels: 1-23 Infantry, 2ID, 3BCT, Baghdad, Black Hawk Company, Central Criminal Court of Iraq, Iraqi National Police, photos, US Army, USAF