US soldiers from the 101st Airborne division sit in a gym being used to keep a close watch on a market overnightPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianSoldiers look through the windows of the gym in the early morningPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianSoldiers watch Iraqi women pass through a checkpoint in a Shia area where traffic is restrictedPhotograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
An Iraqi soldier checks a woman's bag at the checkpointPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianAmerican soldiers from the 101st Airborne patrol the Shia districtPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianUS 101st Airborne troops pick up men suspected of being terroristsPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianSoldiers from the 101st Airborne pick up another suspect in front of a crowd of boys and menPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianIraqi soldiers search the area around a Mahdi Army arms cache uncovered by the 101st Airborne divisionPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianTwo men are detained by Iraqi soldiers after mortars disguised as concrete blocks and kerbstones where foundPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianIraqi soldiers remove mortars from the Mahdi Army arms cachePhotograph: Sean Smith/Guardian101st Airborne soldiers remove mortars and other weapons from the arms cachePhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianAmerican and Iraqi soldiers sort through weapons found in the Mahdi Army arms cachePhotograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
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