U.S. marine medics and a helicopter pilot carry a wounded Iraqi prisoner
during a helicopter medevac from the field hospital of the 3rd Marine
Battalion near the southern Iraqi town of Basra on March 22, 2003. U.S.
Marine tanks battled Iraqi forces on the western outskirts of Basra on
Saturday, a U.S. Marine captain said. PP03030044
REUTERS/Oleg Popov

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