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1st battalion 2-6 Iraqi Army soldiers conduct an early morning patrol May 02, 2006 through the notorious Bab al-Sharji district of Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to Iraqi army units providing security in the area, neighborhood protection forces have proliferated across the city in response to sectarian tensions following the February 2006 bombing of a revered Shi'ite Shrine in Samarra, Iraq.

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Copyright: Scott Nelson 2006
Image Size: 3504x2336 / 1.7MB; Iraq Baghdad Sectarian Army Armed Forces violence war security Patrol neighborhood watch militias conflict curfew protection gunmen soldiers ING Iraqi National Guard
Contained in galleries: Iraq War 2003-2007

1st battalion 2-6 Iraqi Army soldiers conduct an early morning patrol May 02, 2006 through the notorious Bab al-Sharji district of Baghdad, Iraq. In addition to Iraqi army units providing security in the area, neighborhood protection forces have proliferated across the city in response to sectarian tensions following the February 2006 bombing of a revered Shi'ite Shrine in Samarra, Iraq.