THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Cordon and Knock in Abu Atham, Iraq

A Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army (Mechanized) checks papers and identification during a cordon and knock in Abu Atham, Iraq, on Nov. 30. Photographer: Tech Sgt. William Greer, Joint Combat Camera Center.

Coalition forces help personnel from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army (Mechanized) draw their cordon and knock to a close in Abu Atham, Iraq, on Nov. 30. Photographer: Tech Sgt. William Greer, Joint Combat Camera Center.

An Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army (Mechanized) pauses for a brief moment while pulling security in the streets of Abu Atham, Iraq, on Nov. 30. Photographer: Tech Sgt. William Greer, Joint Combat Camera Center.

An Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army (Mechanized) stands guard outside a house during a cordon and knock in Abu Atham, Iraq, on Nov. 30. Photographer: Tech Sgt. William Greer, Joint Combat Camera Center.

Iraqi army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army (Mechanized) personnel pull security in the streets of Abu Atham, Iraq, during a cordon and knock, on Nov. 30. Photographer: Tech Sgt. William Greer, Joint Combat Camera Center.

Iraqi army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army (Mechanized), search a freezer outside a home during a cordon and knock in Abu Atham, Iraq, on Nov. 30. Photographer: Tech Sgt. William Greer, Joint Combat Camera Center.

A mother of a detainee pleads with coalition forces to release her son during a cordon and knock in Abu Atham, Iraq, on Nov. 30. Photographer: Tech Sgt. William Greer, Joint Combat Camera Center.

Iraqi army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army (Mechanized), check papers and identifications during a cordon and knock in Abu Atham, Iraq, on Nov. 30. Photographer: Tech Sgt. William Greer, Joint Combat Camera Center.

A Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army (Mechanized) searches a house during a cordon and knock in Abu Atham, Iraq, on Nov. 30. Photographer: Tech Sgt. William Greer, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Army Sgt. Derek Pollard, from Charlie Company, 319th Military Transition Team Battalion, 525th MiTT Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, fills out paperwork for detainee processing during a cordon and knock in Abu Atham, Iraq, on Nov. 30. Photographer: Tech Sgt. William Greer, Joint Combat Camera Center.