AL AMARAH, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 26: British Army soldiers, from the Royal Welch Fusiliers Regiment and Iraqi National Guards, reboard a Chinook Helicopter on September 26, 2004 in Al Amarah, 180 km (112 mi) north of Basrah in southern Iraq, during their first joint Eagle Airborne Vehicle Check Point Patrol. The capital of Maysan Province, Al Amarah, was a deprived area of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, as it was inhabited by both Shia Muslims and Marsh Arabs and resistant to any form of central control. (Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)
