THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Operation Brown Hawk

Members of the Iraqi army, 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, prepare for a three-day raid during Operation Brown Hawk in Tahrir, Iraq, on Feb. 25, 2007. The purpose of Operation Brown Hawk is to eliminate Tahrir as an operating base for improvised explosive device building cells and key leaders of the Al-Qaeda forces in Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Charles Holland, assigned to the Military Transition Team, watches over soldiers with the Iraqi army, 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, before a three-day raid during Operation Brown Hawk in Tahrir, Iraq, on Feb. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

An Iraqi army soldier with 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, prepares for a three-day raid during Operation Brown Hawk in Tahrir, Iraq, on Feb. 25, 2007. The purpose of Operation Brown Hawk is to eliminate Tahrir as an operating base for improvised explosive device building cells and key leaders of the Al-Qaeda forces in Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army Capt. Scott Steele, assigned to the Military Transition Team, observes soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, as they search a house for weapons during Operation Brown Hawk in Tahrir, Iraq, on Feb. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

Iraqi army soldiers assigned to the 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, shake the hand of a local house owner after using his house as a temporary command post during Operation Brown Hawk in Tahrir, Iraq, on Feb. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

An Iraqi army medic, assigned to the 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, provides treatment for a soldier, who got shot in the toe, during Operation Brown Hawk in Tahrir, Iraq, on Feb. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall

U.S. Army Capt. Scott Steele, assigned to the Military Transition Team, provides security during Operation Brown Hawk in Tahrir, Iraq, on Feb. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall