Seraphim
11-16-2003, 11:29 AM
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Damage assessment
U.S. Army combat engineers inspect the damage to a building in a former Republican Guard compound in Baghdad Nov. 14 after it was shelled by the U.S. Air Force. In an operation called "Iron Hammer." U.S. forces destroyed a building in the compound which they said was used by resistance fighters to launch attacks on American troops.
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Not a rehearsal
A U.S. soldier sweeps the hall with a sniffer dog before the arrival of U.S. Administrator for Iraq Paul Bremer to address the Baghdad Symphony Orchestra during their rehearsal Nov. 14. Bremer flew back from Washington a day earlier to present the Iraqi Governing Council with new transition proposals approved by President Bush and his senior advisers.
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Mournful
Ahead of his evacuation to Italy, an injured Carabiniere cries on the shoulder of a colleague at a military airbase in Nasiriyah on Nov. 14. Nineteen Italians were killed by suicide bombers at their base in the southern Iraqi city two days earlier, an attack described by an Italian political leader as "our September 11."
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Baghdad blues
U.S. Army troops secure an area of Baghdad after a roadside bomb blast injured two soldiers Nov. 14. Despite the rising toll of U.S. casualties, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld -- speaking to troops in Guam -- said there was no plan for an early withdrawal from Iraq.
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Warning sign
An Iraqi boy looks at an explosives safety poster in the wake of the nearby roadside bomb blast in Baghdad that injured two U.S. soldiers Nov. 14.
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On patrol
Troops of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division Task Force Ironhorse search for Iraqi militants through dense vegetation around the Diala river outside the Iraqi town of Baquba on Nov. 13. U.S. troops also raided several houses in the town looking for supporters of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, including an Iraqi man suspected of attacking coalition forces and being an executioner for Saddam's regime.
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Local police
Iraqi police officers raid a Baghdad street as they search for gangster hideouts Nov. 13. Hundreds of Iraq police backed by coalition military police launched the largest post-war raid on suspected gangster caches in central Baghdad, a senior Iraqi officer said.
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Heartbreak
An Italian Army soldier stands next to the barracks building destroyed by a truck bomb in Nasiriyah on Nov. 12. Nineteen Italians and 11 Iraqis died in the attack on the headquarters of Italy's paramilitary police in the southern Iraqi city.
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Shock and awe
Armed Iraqis gesture after the suicide bomb blast in Nasiriyah.
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Swept to safety
A team member of U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division Task Force Ironhorse carries a crying Iraqi child out of a house during a pre-dawn raid in the village of Gritz, south of Baquba, on Nov. 11.
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Captive
An Iraqi man is detained by soldiers of U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division during a raid in a suburb of Baquba, Nov. 9. U.S. troops raided several houses in Baquba late in the afternoon, looking for members of a suspected cell planning attacks on coalition forces.
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On the home front
Mourners attend the burial ceremony of Army Sgt. Joel Perez Nov. 10 at the Arlington Cemetery in Kearny, N.J. Perez was killed Nov. 2 when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter he was traveling in was shot down over Fallujah, Iraq.
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The wreckage of a U.S army helicopter is lifted above a soldier in the Iraqi city of Mosul, north of Baghdad, on Sunday. U.S. forces retrieved bodies and wreckage on Sunday after at least 17 soldiers died when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed there.
Damage assessment
U.S. Army combat engineers inspect the damage to a building in a former Republican Guard compound in Baghdad Nov. 14 after it was shelled by the U.S. Air Force. In an operation called "Iron Hammer." U.S. forces destroyed a building in the compound which they said was used by resistance fighters to launch attacks on American troops.
http://www.msnbc.com/c/0/192/486/10x7/031114_iraq_02.jpg
Not a rehearsal
A U.S. soldier sweeps the hall with a sniffer dog before the arrival of U.S. Administrator for Iraq Paul Bremer to address the Baghdad Symphony Orchestra during their rehearsal Nov. 14. Bremer flew back from Washington a day earlier to present the Iraqi Governing Council with new transition proposals approved by President Bush and his senior advisers.
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Mournful
Ahead of his evacuation to Italy, an injured Carabiniere cries on the shoulder of a colleague at a military airbase in Nasiriyah on Nov. 14. Nineteen Italians were killed by suicide bombers at their base in the southern Iraqi city two days earlier, an attack described by an Italian political leader as "our September 11."
http://www.msnbc.com/c/0/192/486/10x7/031114_iraq_04.jpg
Baghdad blues
U.S. Army troops secure an area of Baghdad after a roadside bomb blast injured two soldiers Nov. 14. Despite the rising toll of U.S. casualties, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld -- speaking to troops in Guam -- said there was no plan for an early withdrawal from Iraq.
http://www.msnbc.com/c/0/192/486/10x7/031114_iraq_05.jpg
Warning sign
An Iraqi boy looks at an explosives safety poster in the wake of the nearby roadside bomb blast in Baghdad that injured two U.S. soldiers Nov. 14.
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On patrol
Troops of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division Task Force Ironhorse search for Iraqi militants through dense vegetation around the Diala river outside the Iraqi town of Baquba on Nov. 13. U.S. troops also raided several houses in the town looking for supporters of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, including an Iraqi man suspected of attacking coalition forces and being an executioner for Saddam's regime.
http://www.msnbc.com/c/0/192/486/10x7/031114_iraq_08.jpg
Local police
Iraqi police officers raid a Baghdad street as they search for gangster hideouts Nov. 13. Hundreds of Iraq police backed by coalition military police launched the largest post-war raid on suspected gangster caches in central Baghdad, a senior Iraqi officer said.
http://www.msnbc.com/c/0/192/486/10x7/031114_iraq_09.jpg
Heartbreak
An Italian Army soldier stands next to the barracks building destroyed by a truck bomb in Nasiriyah on Nov. 12. Nineteen Italians and 11 Iraqis died in the attack on the headquarters of Italy's paramilitary police in the southern Iraqi city.
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Shock and awe
Armed Iraqis gesture after the suicide bomb blast in Nasiriyah.
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Swept to safety
A team member of U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division Task Force Ironhorse carries a crying Iraqi child out of a house during a pre-dawn raid in the village of Gritz, south of Baquba, on Nov. 11.
http://www.msnbc.com/c/0/192/486/10x7/031114_iraq_12.jpg
Captive
An Iraqi man is detained by soldiers of U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division during a raid in a suburb of Baquba, Nov. 9. U.S. troops raided several houses in Baquba late in the afternoon, looking for members of a suspected cell planning attacks on coalition forces.
http://www.msnbc.com/c/0/192/486/10x7/031114_iraq_13.jpg
On the home front
Mourners attend the burial ceremony of Army Sgt. Joel Perez Nov. 10 at the Arlington Cemetery in Kearny, N.J. Perez was killed Nov. 2 when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter he was traveling in was shot down over Fallujah, Iraq.
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The wreckage of a U.S army helicopter is lifted above a soldier in the Iraqi city of Mosul, north of Baghdad, on Sunday. U.S. forces retrieved bodies and wreckage on Sunday after at least 17 soldiers died when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed there.