1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Iraq Photos Page 20

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Members of 1-22 search for weapons and arms caches in a courtyard of a house north of Tikrit, Oct 22.
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As he patrols a street of Tikrit, Friday, Oct. 24, a Regular from Alpha Company shakes hands with an Iraqi boy.
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An Iraqi boy runs past two members of third platoon of A Company, 1-22 infantry, as they patrol the streets of Tikrit. US forces in Tikrit complete mounted and dismounted patrols through town daily
in an effort to maintain a presence in Saddam Hussein's home town.
(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)

An Iraqi boy gestures as he tells Regulars that he was playing with fireworks in a street of Tikrit, Friday, Oct. 24, 2003. Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-22 Infantry were on patrol when they were alerted by the sound of gunfire.
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U.S. Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, center, speaks to Lt.Col. Steven Russell, left, commander of 1-22 Infantry, as they look at Iraqi Civil Defence Corp (ICDC) trainees at the military base in Tikrit, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2003. Wolfowitz was on a three-day visit to Iraq.
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A soldier from 1-22 looks over the identity papers of a man detained during a pre-dawn raid
in downtown Tikrit, October 30, 2003.
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A Regular of Charlie Company guards an unidentified Iraqi man in Tikrit, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003. The man who was seen driving a motorcycle he had been warned against using was stopped. His vehicle was confiscated.
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Charlie Company soldiers detain an Iraqi man in Tikrit, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003. The man was driving a motorcycle,
the use of which had been forbidden, after several hit-and-run attacks had been carried out from motorcycles.
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Charlie Company soldiers look inside the pockets of an unidentified Iraqi boy while patroling a street in Tikrit, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003.
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A Regular keeps guard over two men detained during a pre-dawn raid in downtown Tikrit, Oct 30, 2003
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An Iraqi man suspected of planning and carrying out attacks against coalition forces sits handcuffed
and with a bag over his head after he and others were detained by soldiers from 1-22,
during a pre-dawn raid in downtown Tikrit, Oct 30, 2003
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Lt.Col. Steven Russell, center, commander of 1-22 Infantry , checks ID of suspect with a hood on his head
as other soldiers guard during a night raid in Tikrit, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003. Regulars detained 4 men who are believed to be involved in terrorist cells and held 10 others for questioning.
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Sgt. Jeffery Mann, center, 1-22 Infantry, jokes with Iraqi police officers in Tikrit, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003.
The army provided five Russian made sniper rifles to the Iraqi police to help them fight Saddam's loyalists.
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1st Sgt Michael Evans (R) and his passenger, Captain Bradley Boyd (L), of Charlie Company, laugh as they ride on a motorcycle confiscated in Tirkit, October 28, 2003. The occupation forces in Tikrit are confiscating motorcycles as they are forbidden after being used in attacks on U.S. troops in Saddam Hussein's hometown.
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U.S. 1st SGT Michael Evans and Cpt Bradley Boyd, on a motorcycle which was confiscated from its owner
after he was warned against using it.
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Top and the CO --- cruisin' down the boulevard.
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A Regular of Charlie Company searches a car while patroling a street in Tikrit, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003.
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A 1-22 soldier checks an Arab man with a metal detector as residents of Ouja, a small village 10 miles southeast of Tikrit line up to register with Iraqi police and US military authorities at a police station.
US soldiers with the help of Iraqi police and members of the newly created Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC)
sealed off this village in the early morning hours of October 31, 2003.
Ouja is where Saddam Hussein was born and all adults there were ordered to register for ID cards.
(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)

Lt.Col. Steven Russell, top center, commander of 1-22 Infantry , gestures while speaking to tribal leaders
and sheiks of the Tikrit area, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003. Pride in their Arab heritage ran high as sheiks and elders in Saddam Hussein's home town region drafted a resolution denouncing the escalating attacks against U.S. soldiers,
but also setting a list of their own demands from the 'occupiers of the land'.
Osama Adhem,Tikrit's police chief is top left and Joseph Fillmore, U.S. Army interpreter is 2nd from left.
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