The Year in Pictures 2003

Friend or Foe
As in Vietnam, U.S. armed forces in Iraq sometimes found it hard to determine who was an enemy and who wasn't. Throughout the war and its aftermath, allied troops have suffered casualties inflicted by ununiformed Iraqi fighters. Hence, every approaching civilian becomes a potential combatant. In this encounter, during the March sandstorms, 3rd Infantry Division soldiers raised their weapons toward this boy and two male traveling companions. After questioning and frisking the three Iraqis, the soldiers determined they were merely frightened civilans, and the Iraqis were released

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