ARAB JABAR, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 27: A man is hooded and detainded by the Iraqi Army for questioning after securing a village thought to be a haven for insurgents February 27, 2008 in Diyala Province, Arab Jabar, Iraq. Diyala Province was until recently the geographical headquarters of al Qaeda in Iraq, where they terrorized citizens and used the strategically located city as a base for operations. With the surge in U.S. troops coupled with the nascent anti-al Qaeda Sunni groups, security in Diyala has improved.
7: A man is blindfolded and detainded by the Iraqi Army for questioning after securing a village thought to be a haven for insurgents February 27, 2008 in Diyala Province, Arab Jabar, Iraq. Diyala Province was until recently the geographical headquarters of al Qaeda in Iraq, where they terrorized citizens and used the strategically located city as a base for operations. With the surge in U.S. troops coupled with the nascent anti-al Quaeda Sunni groups, security in Diyala has improved.
A U.S. soldier guards two blindfolded detainees in Khashwaga's village 45 km south west of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, on Thursday, June 5, 2008. Join U.S. army and Iraqi police raided Khashwaga's village early Thursday and arrested 3 members of Ansar al-Sanna, the U.S. army said.
A U.S. Army soldier from Hammer Company, Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment is eyed by an Iraqi teen during a visit to the boy's home in the Shiite village of Sebta, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Friday, July 18, 2008.