An Iraqi soldier holds a boy prior to departing for a combined cordon and search in Muhalla 667 of Ghazaliyah, Iraq, on Sept. 6, 2008. The U.S. Soldiers are part of 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division and the Iraqi soldiers are part of Alpha Company, 22nd Battalion, 6th Iraqi Army Division.