The beam of a flashlight fastened to a rifle cuts through the dust in the air as U.S. Army soldiers clear a house in Al Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation al Fajr (New Dawn) on Nov. 13, 2004. Al Fajr is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Engineer Battalion.