Soldiers of the Iraqi army elite mobile 3rd Brigade 1st Division take position during a joint operation with U.S. Marines in Huseiniya, near Baghdad July 8, 2008. Security talks between the United States and Iraq to permit U.S. forces to stay in Iraq beyond 2008 are not aimed at setting a hard deadline for withdrawal, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (IRAQ)