Medics from 40 Commando, British Royal Marines, treat an injured Iraqi after taking the Al-Faw Peninsula, a site of important oil installations in southern Iraq, Friday, March 21, 2003, in this photograph taken through infrared Night Vision equipment. Allied troops were advancing through the deserts of southern Iraq Friday, meeting resistance from Iraqi forces in some areas and soldiers surrendering in others.
Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Iantha P. Dube arms an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile attached to the wing of an F/A-18 Hornet before it catapults from the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, in the Mediterranean Sea, March 20, 2003. U.S.-led allied troops moved swiftly on Friday to secure Iraq's vital oil facilities and snuff out oilfield fires on day two of a war Washington says is not about capturing the country's vast petroleum wealth.
A U.S. marine standing on his military vehicule drives past a portrait of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Safwan, southern Iraq, Friday, March 21, 2003. Allied troops were advancing through the deserts of southern Iraq Friday after launching the war's ground assault, meeting resistance from Iraqi forces in some areas and soldiers surrendering in others.