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Marines sweat through an early morning 5-mile run a few days before the invasion began.
Kuwait, March 2003
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A Marine Chaplain performs a baptism in the northernmost position base in Kuwait, 20 miles from the Iraqi border.
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The progress of the invasion was hindered by a heavy dust storm.
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A Marine carries a wounded comrade injured in a direct hit.
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An Iraqi solider lies dead in a hole after attempting to ambush a U.S. tank column.
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A piece of rope lies in the gallows room of Abu Ghraib prison, where Saddam Hussein detained, tortured and executed tens of thousands of Iraqis.
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Marines and Iraqi civilians take down a Saddam Hussein statue near the Palestine Hotel.
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Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery enjoy the pool at Uday Hussein's Adamiya Palace.

Baghdad, September 2003
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery enjoy the pool at Uday Hussein's Adamiya Palace.

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A search and clear mission in Haifa Street district is disrupted by sniper fire.

Baghdad, 2007
A search and clear mission in Haifa Street district is disrupted by sniper fire.

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Bullet holes mark a door of a small shop in Sadr City, the fiefdom of the Madhi Army militia, loyal to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Baghdad, 2008
Bullet holes mark a door of a small shop in Sadr City, the fiefdom of the Madhi Army militia, loyal to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

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Iraqi Army vehicles cross the concrete barrier dividing Sadr City, en route to the portion of the city controlled by the Mahdi Army.
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Soldiers deploy a smoke grenade to make snipers' work more difficult.
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Baghdad, 2007
A soldier's blood lines the floor of an abandoned apartment.

A soldier's blood lines the floor of an abandoned apartment.
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This Iraqi Army security tower surveys the destroyed Jamila Market in Sadr City.
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A delegation of Sunni sheiks and elders from Fallujah and Anbar Province are greeted at Shi'ite leader Muqtada al-Sadr's office in Sadr City.
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City residents gather in the Abu Niwas Street Park in the center of the capital.

Baghdad, 2008
City residents gather in the Abu Niwas Street Park in the center of the capital.