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Uday's palace has become a base for the 1st Armored Division of the U.S. Army. Parts of the palace were destroyed by U.S. bombing during the initial phase of the war. Spc. Christopher Snow read a computer magazine while he waited for his laundry to…

Capt. Robert Brewer tried to comfort a woman, center, who came to the army base to ask about her son, who had been arrested by the soldiers. On the left is the army's Iraqi interpreter.

Lt. Eddie Quan guarded Iraqis who were arrested for selling gasoline illegally on the black market.

One of the dilemmas faced by American troops in battling the insurgency in Iraq is that in order to search for weapons and money being used by the insurgents, U.S. Army forces must enter peoples' homes, often creating fear and resentment among the…

Sgt. Michael Houghson took up a defensive position after several shots were fired near his platoon. The platoon was patrolling near Abu Hanifa mosque, the principal Sunni Mosque in Baghdad, the last place Saddam Hussein was seen in public and still…

Driving in Lt. Brady Van Engelen's humvee through the streets of Adhamiya on a routine patrol.

A pilgrimage to the holy Shiite shrine of Al Hussein in Karbala was held on April 22 and 23. Shiites from around Iraq and also from Iran attended. Women prayed in front of the shrine that was built on the site of Imam Hussein's murder.

A pilgrimage to the holy Shiite shrine of Al Hussein in Karbala was held on April 22 and 23. Shiites from around Iraq and also from Iran attended. Some religious zealots mortified themselves by cutting their heads with knives or chains to…

An American soldier detains an Iraqi man during the US led war against Iraq.

An Iraqi man carting off the head of a statue of Saddam Hussein that was toppled in Palestine Square in the celebration of the end of the dictator's regime with the US capture of the capital, wheeling it away on a handcart as other civilians bear…