US Marines search rooms in Iraqi town in western Al Anbar province
U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Jared Eversoll and Lance Cpl. Michael S. Rodriguez search rooms during a cordon and knock operation in a small Iraqi town in western Al Anbar province, in this picture taken March 29, 2006 and released April 15, 2006. The small town is adjacent to Ar Rutbah, a former insurgent and smuggler stronghold of about 25,000 people some 60 miles east of the Iraqi-Jordanian border. Both Marines are scouts with the Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, which recently traded one desert for another when they deployed to Iraq?s western Al Anbar Province. Eversoll is a 20 from Highland, Arkansas, and Rodriguez is 23 from San Antonio, Texas. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Cpl. Graham A. Paulsgrove/U.S. Marines/Handout