A soldier takes a defensive posture after being engaged by the enemy during a large-scale operation in the Sadamia area of Baghdad, Iraq, on July 22, 2004. Approximately 1,200 Iraqi Security Forces, 150 Iraqi National Guard and soldiers with the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, conducted a large scale operation aimed at the criminal and terrorist stronghold around Talaa Square and Haifa Street.