Posted: 07/01/2004
A 1-9 Cavalry soldier takes up a defensive posture during a night operation in Talaa Square and Haifa Street on July 22, 2004. Approximately 1200 Iraqi Security Forces and 150 Iraqi National Guard in conjunction with 1-9 Cav, 3rd Bde, 1st Cav conducted a large scale operation aimed at the criminal and terrorist stronghold around Talaa Square and Haifa Street in the Sadamia area of Baghdad, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Johancharles Van Boers