U.S. Soldiers, civilians, and United Nations representatives visit the Ruins of Nineveh in Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 22, 2008.
Nineveh is the fourth capital of the Assyrian Empire, built by King Sennacherib between 704 - 681 B.C. The site sits within the city of Mosul enclosed by a wall 12 km long and features the Gate of Nergal and a deteriorated palace.
American infantry and snipers from the U.S. Army's 3rd Stryker Brigade team up with Iraqi soldiers from the 6th Iraqi Army Division during a firefight on Baghdad's notorious Haifa Street, January 2007.
Coalition forces engaged an ambush site and fighting positions of
anti-Iraqi forces near Ba'qubah on June 9, 2007, in response to an
ambush launched from the location earlier in the day.
A captured insurgent leads Coalition Forces to an Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) headquarters in Maqdadiyah, Iraq.
The building is searched and destroyed.
U.S. troops with the 1st Cavalry Divison give soccer balls and other gifts to Iraqi children in Baghdad. The gifts were donated by American schoolchildren.
American and Iraqi infantry come under fire while patrolling as part of Fardh Al-Qanoon, the Baghdad Security Plan. They return fire with the help of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle
U.S. troops during a routine search operation find an Iraqi kidnap victim handcuffed in a terrorist hideout. Soldiers and a translator immediately tell the man's family that he is alive and well.
