U.S. Army Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, assigned to Task Force 1-35 Armor, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, conduct a mounted patrol in Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles after setting canal vegetation ablaze in Tahwilla, Iraq on July 30, 2008. Extremists have been utilizing concealment provided by the intricate canal system to emplace IEDs under the cover of darkness.