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 | U.S. Master Sergeant Roy Meek from Charlie Company, U.S. Marines 2nd Tank Battalion, looks on during a break at a base near the city of Falluja in western Iraq November 6, 2004. The Marines are preparing for an expected full-scale assault on Falluja and Ramadi, another rebel-held Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad. The offensive is part of a drive by Iraq's U.S.-backed interim government to pacify the country and enable nationwide elections to take place on schedule in January. click to open  |  | A U.S. Marine from Charlie Company, second tank battalion, holds his weapon during a training at a base near the city of Falluja, in western Iraq, November 4, 2004. click to open |  | U.S. Marine Infantrymen from 3rd battalion, Fifth Marines, patrol during training near Falluja in western Iraq, October 31, 2004. U.S. Marines in a tank battalion, backed by infantry, are training for an offensive on Falluja in an unfamiliar urban battleground after sweeping through open spaces in the 2003 Iraq war. click to open |  | US Marines of the 1st Division prepare for a patrol outside Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swath of Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital ahead of crucial national elections due by Jan. 31. click to open |  | U.S. Marine Infantrymen from 3rd battalion, Fifth Marines, patrol during training near Falluja in western Iraq, October 31, 2004. click to open |  | A U.S. Marine Infantry from 3rd battalion, Fifth Marines, talks on the radio beside a Charlie Company tank during training near Falluja in western Iraq, October 31, 2004. click to open |  | U.S. Marines from Gulf Company, Second Battalion, First Marine Expeditionary Force take their fighting position near the Iraqi town of Falluja, 50 km west of Baghdad on April 29, 2004. click to open |  | Iraqi residents of Fallujah wait at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the restive city, 50 kms (30 miles) west of Baghdad, manned by US troops, on April 30th 2004. US Marines from the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment will start leaving their main stronghold inside Fallujah tomorrow after an apparent breakthrough in talks aimed at ending their three-week siege. click to open |
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