Iraqi children acknowledge the presence of U.S. Marines as they provide outer security while fellow Marines with 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, search for weapons caches and insurgents in Asragiyah. The Marines and Multi-National Force-West conducts counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces. Pic: Cpl. Robert R. Attebury, U.S. Marine Corps.