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PHOTOS:Striker Soldiers Emplace Walls to Protect and Build

Multi-National Division-Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD - A local shop owner sorts merchandise while loading a truck at Jamilla Market in Baghdad's Sadr City district May 12. The Jamilla Market is one of the biggest wholesale distribution centers in Baghdad.(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Martinez, MND-B PAO)

BAGHDAD - Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, pull security while leaders from their unit perform a battle field circulation through Jamilla Market Zone in Baghdad's Sadr City district May 12. Coalition Forces and Iraqi Security Forces are working together to bring the local economical status back to its feet.(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Martinez, MND-B PAO)

BAGHDAD - Lt. Col. Brian Eifler, a Farmington Hills, Mich., native, and commander for the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, talks with local shop owners about the availability of funds for micro grants for small business holders at the Jamilla Market Zone in Baghdad's Sadr City district May 12.(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Martinez, MND-B PAO)

BAGHDAD - Staff Sgt. Abraham Lewis, an Iron Mountain, Mich., native, and squad leader for Company C, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, signals to a crane operator that a concrete barrier is ready to be lifted into position while being assisted by Spc. Christopher Moses, a Florence, S.C., native, in Baghdad's Sadr City district May 12.(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Martinez, MND-B PAO)

BAGHDAD - A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, based out of Germany and attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pulls security during a barrier emplacement operation in the Sadr City district of Bagdad May 12. The mission is part of the safe neighborhood plan to safeguard southern Sadr City residents from terrorists and criminals, restore essential services and support economic growth. MND-B Soldiers and their Iraqi counterparts from the 11th Iraqi Army Division initially went into south Sadr City in late March to disrupt the enemy's use of the area as a firing point for rockets and mortars throughout Baghdad. Since the establishment of the wall, IA Soldiers distributed 3,400 food packs that can feed a family of five, conducted five medical operations treating over 2,500 Iraqi civilians, and established an Iraqi Assistance Center at a joint security station.(U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Steve Stover, MND-B Public Affairs)

BAGHDAD - A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, based out of Germany and attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pulls security during a barrier emplacement operation in the Sadr City district of Bagdad May 12. The mission is part of the safe neighborhood plan to safeguard southern Sadr City residents from terrorists and criminals, restore essential services and support economic growth. MND-B Soldiers and their Iraqi counterparts from the 11th Iraqi Army Division initially went into south Sadr City in late March to disrupt the enemy's use of the area as a firing point for rockets and mortars throughout Baghdad. Since the establishment of the wall, IA Soldiers distributed 3,400 food packs that can feed a family of five, conducted five medical operations treating over 2,500 Iraqi civilians, and established an Iraqi Assistance Center at a joint security station.(U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Steve Stover, MND-B Public Affairs)

BAGHDAD - Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division prepare a 12 foot barrier for movement during a barrier emplacement operation in the Sadr City district of Bagdad May 12 while an ABC News cameraman films the action. The barrier is part of the safe neighborhood plan to safeguard south Sadr City residents from terrorists and criminals, restore essential services and support economic growth. MND-B Soldiers and their Iraqi counterparts from the 11th Iraqi Army Division initially went into south Sadr City in late March to disrupt the enemy's use of the area as a firing point for rockets and mortars throughout Baghdad. Since the establishment of the wall, IA Soldiers distributed 3,400 food packs that can feed a family of five, conducted five medical operations treating over 2,500 Iraqi civilians, and established an Iraqi Assistance Center at a joint security station.(U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Steve Stover, MND-B Public Affairs)

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