THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Soldiers Clear Village in Baqubah, Iraq

Soldiers from Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., prepare to clear a house in Chibernot, a suburb of Baqubah, Iraq, March 5. Able Company Soldiers cleared the village. (Photographer: Pfc. Kirby Rider, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.)

Sgt. Sean Spinks, team leader in Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Regiment, from Fort Lewis, Wash., looks under a chair for weapons during a clearing operation in Chibernot, Iraq, March 5. (Photographer: Pfc. Kirby Rider, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.)

Pfc. Nicholas Vazquez, rifleman in Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., marks a house during Operation Able Fortress in Chibernot, Iraq, March 5. Chibernot is located in the northern part of Baqubah. (Photographer: Pfc. Kirby Rider, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.)

Soldiers from Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., enter a house during Operation Able Fortress in Chibernot, Iraq, March 5. The Soldiers cleared the village looking for weapons and members of suicide-vest cell operating in Baqubah. (Photographer: Pfc. Kirby Rider, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.)

Soldiers from Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., patrol a street with Iraqi police officers during Operation Able Fortress in Chibernot, Iraq, March 5. (Photographer: Pfc. Kirby Rider, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.)

An Iraqi policeman provides security for coalition force Soldiers clearing Chibernot, Iraq. (Photographer: Pfc. Kirby Rider, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.)

Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash. provide security for Soldiers crossing a canal in Chibernot, Iraq, Mar. 5. (Photographer: Pfc. Kirby Rider, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.)