THE TENSION: Images: Combat Camera, Mon. 22 May

Pilots from SkyLink Arabia prepare an Mi-2 Hoplite helicopter for a pesticide-spraying mission near Forward Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, May 20, 2006. The pilots will spray the surrounding area to try to eradicate the white fly, which has decimated crops all over Iraq. DoD photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Shawn Hussong, U.S. Navy. (Released)

Iraqi army soldiers from the 9th Mechanized Division pass through a highway checkpoint in Mushahada, Iraq, while en route to Camp Taji, Iraq, May 18, 2006. DoD photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Michael Larson, U.S. Navy. (Released)

The Djiboutian Army Artillery Team demonstrates the speed at which they can set up and fire a mortar for coalition forces from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa in Djibouti City, Djibouti, May 16, 2006. DoD photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Roger S. Duncan, U.S. Navy. (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment practice evacuating injured personnel from an armored vehicle on Camp Taji, Iraq, May 19, 2006. DoD photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Michael Larson, U.S. Navy. (Released)