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2nd Lt. Gary Bartels, 27, of Kountze, Texas, writes home while waiting for his platoons turn patrolling Baghdad on Tuesday. Rob Curtis/Military Times staff

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Soldiers stop a man driving a government vehicle Tuesday in Baghdad. Rob Curtis/Military Times staff

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Staff Sgt. Kristofferson Gilbert, with Alpha Co., loads crates of Iraqi munitions into the back of a Humvee in Baghdad on Sunday. Rob Curtis/Military Times staff

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A soldier digs through a collapsed Iraqi fighting position in Baghdad to gather buried weapons for disposal as the Widowmakers, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade (502nd Infantry Regiment), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), clears sections of the city Sunday. Rob Curtis/Military Times staff

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A soldier from the 3rd Battalion, 187th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division detains looters in Baghdad, Tuesday, April 15, 2003. Looting is still widespread in Baghdad. Locals call the thieves 'Ali Babas,' in reference to the tale of 'Ali Baba and the 40 thieves.' AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju

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An U.S. soldier with the 101st Airborne Division does his laundry during a moment of 'down time' in Kabrala, some 40 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 14, 2003. Clean clothes, showers, hot food and mail are the main things soldiers say they are lacking while out in the field. AP Photo/Pfc. James Matise/U.S. Army

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Medic Daniel Anderson, 31, a native of Jamestown, N.Y., and a platoon sergeant for the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment medical unit, plays with a child at the central teaching hospital in Najaf. April 15, 2003. Staff photo by John Partipilo, The Tennessean.

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Tani Hajeef, 7, waits at the Central Teaching Center to visit family as Army Spc. Jason Ikerd, 22, from West Carrollton, Ohio, guards the hallway. Doctors and Civil Aid workers visited hospitals to find out the needs of Iraqi facilities as Stabilization begins in Najaf. April 15, 2003. Staff photo by John Partipilo, The Tennessean.

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Dr. Joseph MacDonald, 31, of Coatesville, Penn., with the First Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment medical unit, discusses medical needs with Iraqi doctors at the central teaching hospital in Najaf. Stabilization efforts have begun in the city. April 15, 2003. Staff photo by John Partipilo, The Tennessean.