A US soldier peers round a corner, as colleagues try to extinguish flames inside the vehiclePhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianThe Bradley vehicle was hit by an IED in Amiriyah, a Sunni neighbourhood in west BaghdadPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianUS soldiers watch for snipers as their colleagues attempt to extinguish the flamesPhotograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
Rounds of ammunition still inside the vehicle were exploding from the heat of the flamesPhotograph: Sean Smith/GuardianAttacks are often linked: when one unit is hit, another is sent out to help them. The second unit is then ambushed en route Photograph: Sean Smith/GuardianUS soldiers search a house close to the site of the attack, looking for the insurgents responsible. Several men were detainedPhotograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
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