SOUTHERN IRAQ - APRIL 2: U.S. Army Sgt. Mark Phiffer stands guard duty April 2, 2003 near a burning oil well in the Rumaylah Oil Fields in Southern Iraq. Coalition forces have successfully secured the southern oil fields for the economic future of the Iraqi people and are in the process of extinguishing the burning wells that were set ablaze in the early stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. (Photo by Arlo K. Abrahamson/U.S. Navy/Getty Images)
