A wounded Iraqi prisoner (C) greets a U.S. marine medic (L) during his evacuation by a helicopter from the field hospital of the 3rd Marine Battalion near Basra in southern Iraq (news - web sites) March 22, 2003. U.S. Marine tanks battled Iraqi forces on the western outskirts of Basra on Saturday, a U.S. Marine captain said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov