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protect16.jpg - US military spokesman in Iraq, Maj. Gen. William Caldwell (L) gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday 14 March 2007. Caldwell said on Wednesday that all indications showed that radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr remained in Iranian exile as of 24 hours ago, more than a month after he was said to have gone there in advance of the current USIraqi security drive to calm violence in the capital.

protect18.jpg - An Iraqi boy shows a book to a US. Soldier during a patrol at Sadr city in Baghdad on Tuesday, 13 March, 2007. Iraqi and US. Forces have been deployed at Sadr city in Baghdad since last month.

protect19.jpg - A Polish army soldier from the explosive ordnance disposal team uses a radio antenna to probe a crater for an unexploded rocket Feb. 23, 2007, near Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Rob Summitt)

protect20.jpg - A controlled detonation of an unexploded 107-mm rocket is conducted by Polish army soldiers from the explosive ordnance disposal team Feb. 23, 2007, near Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, ensuring the safe supply of Polish Vodka during this Babylonian winter. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Rob Summitt)

protect21.jpg - U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposalman 1st Class Maurice Quidley searches for mines in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, March 9, 2007.

protect22.jpg - U.S. Marines with Weapons Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion conduct a mounted and dismounted patrol in the streets of Rawah, Iraq, March 6, 2007. The 2nd LAR is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom.

protect23.jpg - U.S. Marines with Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion use light armored vehicles to provide security following a suicide bomber attack in Rawah, Iraq, March 5, 2007.

protect24.jpg and protect25.jpg - An AH-1N Cobra helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-167 prepares to land at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, March 5, 2007, following a mission. Marines with HMLA-167 are deployed as a part of Multi-National Force - Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq

protect26.jpg - A UH-1N Huey helicopter from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 prepares to land March 5, 2007, on the flight line of Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The squadron is deployed as a part of Multi-National Forces - West in support of Operation Iraqi Freed om in the Al Anbar province of Iraq

protect27.jpg - U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey helicopters from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 sit on the flight line at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, March 5, 2007

protect28.jpg - An AH-1W Cobra helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron-167 takes off for a mission from Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, March 5, 2007

protect29.jpg - Sgt David C. Moran, 23, from Royal Oak, Mich. uses a heavily armored vehicle dubbed the "Cougar" to sweep for improvised explosive devices. Moran serves as an EOD technician with 1st Explosive Ordinance Disposal Company in direct support of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. EOD Marines are in charge of diffusing IEDs, other explosives, and the investigation of any IED that has detonated against coalition forces in battalion's area of operations.

protect30.jpg - A 6x6 EOD variant of the MRAP JERRV undergoes the first shot of a four shot series of test explosions at the Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) in Maryland. All MRAP vehicles are tested at the ATC and this vehicle met the threshold.

protect31.jpg - Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq (Oct. 30, 2006) - Polish army soldiers and U.S. Navy Sailors, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Three (EODMU-3), provide security for other team members as they conduct official business at the Iraqi police headquarters in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dawn M. Price