PHOTOS: IA, U.S. Troops on Patrol in Northwest Baghdad

By Spc. Charles W. Gill

Soldiers speak with Iraqi army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, 6th Iraqi Army Division while out inspecting Traffic Control Checkpoints in Jamia, Iraq, Jan. 10. Soldiers are from the Military Transition Team, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

A Soldier with the Military Transition Team, of the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), inspects a suspicious tire along the side of the road near a checkpoint in Jamia, Iraq, Jan. 10. Coalition Forces continue to work with Iraqi Security Forces in preparation to hand over tactical operations to the Iraqi army.

Soldiers provide security while on patrol inspecting Traffic Control Checkpoints in Jamia, Iraq, Jan. 10. Coalition Forces from the Military Transition Team, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), continue to work with Iraqi Security Forces in preparation to hand over tactical operations to the Iraqi army.

Maj. Timothy Hayden speaks to an Iraqi army soldier from 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, 6th Iraqi Army Division while conducting an inspection at a checkpoint in Jamia, Iraq, Jan. 10. Hayden is a team chief with the Military Transition Team, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

Iraqi army soldiers with 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, 6th Iraqi Army Division, search a vehicle at a Traffic Control Checkpoint in Jamia, Iraq, Jan. 10. Iraqi Security Forces continue to patrol and secure northwest Baghdad.

An Iraqi army soldier with 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment, 6th Iraqi Army Division, man's a Traffic Control Checkpoint in Jamia, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2008. Iraqi Security Forces continue to patrol and secure northwest Baghdad.

judythpiazza@newsblaze.com

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