[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Iraqi soldiers return fire during a firefight in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, May 22, 2005. The soldiers are participating in Operation Squeeze Play, a major operation to catch insurgents and stop insurgent activity throughout Baghdad's Rusafa neighborhood. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ronald Shaw Jr.

A U.S. soldier returns fire during a firefight, May 22, 2005, in Abu Ghraib, Iraq. The soldiers are participating in Operation Squeeze Play, a major operation to catch insurgents and stop insurgent activity throughout Baghdad's Rusafa neighborhood. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ronald Shaw Jr.

Iraqi soldiers take away detainees after a firefight, May 22, 2005, in Abu Ghraib, Iraq. The soldiers are participating in Operation Squeeze Play, a major operation to catch insurgents and stop insurgent activity throughout Baghdad's Rusafa neighborhood. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ronald Shaw Jr.

An Iraqi soldier celebrates his unit's victory after a firefight, May 22, 2005, in Abu Ghraib, Iraq. The soldiers are participating in Operation Squeeze Play, a major operation to catch insurgents and stop insurgent activity throughout Baghdad's Rusafa neighborhood. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ronald Shaw Jr.

[Soaring Feather]

Thank You for the pictures of our TROOPS at work.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Great pictures, EMB, of the Iraqi military at work. Success breeds success. It will be a great day when they are able to protect their own. And our military can take pride in the fact that they taught the Iraqis.