THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Patrol in Sheik Hamid, Iraq

U.S. Army Sgt. Patrick G. Fanning, assigned to 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, assembles the antennae to his radio before conducting a cordon and search operation to gain information on terrorist cells operating in the area in Sheik Hamid, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin

U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, patrol a street in Sheik Hamid, Iraq, during a cordon and search operation, Sept. 29, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin

U.S. Army Sgt. Wally Astrada, assigned to 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, coordinates with his troops during a cordon and search operation to gain information on terrorist cells operating in the areas in Sheik Hamid, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin

U.S. Army Pfc. Alejandro M. Garcia, assigned to 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, takes a post on a rooftop in Sheik Hamid, Iraq, during a cordon and search operation, Sept. 29, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin

An Iraqi army soldier distributes candy to Iraqi children in Sheik Hamid, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2006, while conducting a cordon and search operation with U.S. Army soldiers to gain information on terrorist cells operating in the area. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin

U.S. Army Spc. Jeremy H. Townsend, assigned to 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, pulls security in a palm grove near Sheik Hamid, Iraq, during a cordon and search operation, Sept. 29, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin