THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Thu 31 Aug. 2006

SECURITY PATROL IN ADHAMIYAH, IRAQ

An truck full of Iraqi soldiers leads U.S. Army soldiers in Stryker vehicles from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team into the Adhamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2006. The U.S. and Iraqi Army soldiers are conducting a joint cordon and search mission to help clear homes and buildings in Baghdad from contraband items. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

An Iraqi army soldier knocks before entering through a gate of a home improvement shop during a cordon and search operation in the Adhamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2006. The operation is a joint effort between U.S. Army and Iraqi army soldiers to help clear Baghdad from contraband items that could be used by insurgents to harm local Iraqi citizens and coalition forces. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

U.S. Army Capt. Josh Bandy and Staff Sgt. Raymond Dorman, both with the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, provide security in an apartment complex stairwell in the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, during a cordon and search, Aug. 27, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jeffrey Kelly, commander of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, asks an imam if any weapons or contraband items are being hidden at the mosque during a cordon and search mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2006. The U.S. and Iraqi army soldiers are conducting a joint cordon and search mission to help clear homes and buildings in Baghdad from contraband items. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

Iraqi army soldiers compare the serial number on a weapon found in a mosque to official registration documents ensuring proper registration of the weapon during a cordon and search mission in the Adhamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2006. The Iraqi army soldiers were the only soldiers allowed to search the mosque during a joint cordon and search between U.S. and Iraqi army soldiers in an effort to rid the city from contraband items. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz