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2007 In Photos: The Surge Photos

A woman is searched by a soldier after a male member of her family was detained as a suspected member of the Shia militia Jaish al Mahdi (JAM), which are followers of the anti-American cleric Moqtada al Sadr, in an early morning raid by U.S. Army Alpha Company 82nd Airborne Aug. 25, 2007, in Baghdad.

(Photo: Getty Images/Spencer Platt)