U.S. Army seargant Paul Daly, from Los Angels, CA., eats a tomato
offered by Iraqi men near the town of Balad, 90kms (60 miles) north of
the capital Baghdad, June 13, 2003. U.S. troops killed 27 Iraqis who
ambushed a tank patrol, after killing at least 70 at a guerrilla camp
the day before, in the bloodiest clashes since President George W. Bush
declared major combat over. The U.S. military has launched two big
operations west and north of Baghdad this week to try to root out what
it says are diehard Saddam Hussein loyalists behind a recent spate of
attacks on American troops in mainly Sunni Muslim areas. REUTERS/Aladin
Abdel Naby

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