TALL AFAR, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2005 — Approximately 700 paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, arrived here Sunday and immediately began combat operation in the evacuated city. The paratroopers, working with the 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment, are attempting to bring the troubled city under control before the upcoming constitutional referendum in October and the national elections in December. Over the past several days, the unit has been conducting patrols and searching homes in the nearly deserted city, as well as questioning the few local residents who failed to leave. The city was emptied of...