A member of US marines 4th platoon Alpha Company, 2nd RECON Battalion holds his assault rifle in remote village near Ramadi. A member of the U.S. marines 4th platoon Alpha Company, 2nd RECON Battalion holds his assault rifle equipped with a grenade launcher as Iraqi children watch him during a foot patrol of a remote village near Ramadi in western Iraq January 16, 2005. REUTERS/Erik de Castro