Iraqi security forces in deployments against Al-Qaeda

Iraqi security forces (ISF) at or near Anbar Province, in deployments against Al-Qaeda linked armed groups (photos from the past 48 hours, Reuters):

Iraqi Army M1A1M Abrams main battle tank position beside Iraqi Federal Police rifleman

Vigilant ISF officers and men tread past heavily sandbagged M113A2. Note variety of battle dress and small arms

Iraqi Army M113A2 position

Iraqi Army M113A2 armored personnel carriers on the move

Iraqi Army M113A2 armored personnel carriers travel past IA soldiers equipped with M16A4 rifles

Iraqi Army M113A2 armored personnel carriers mixed in with HMMWVs of a Iraqi Federal Police mechanized battalion

Battle splashed ERU counter-terror force members and their HMMWV

 

Elements of Iraqi Federal Police mechanized battalion equipped with PKM and RPG