A worker uses a welding torch to work on a tank, known as Duldul, in Basra, southeast of Baghdad March 4, 2015. In a military scrapyard in the southern Iraqi desert, abandoned army equipment sat for years waiting to be melted down to steel bars. Now, thanks to new conflict and a resourceful old mechanic, some of the rusty warhorses have won a reprieve. Picture taken March 4, 2015.REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY)