TIME Photo Essay: The Battle of Tall 'Afar: Inside a massive assault on the Iraqi insurgency. To avoid civilian casualties, troops conducted a massive operation to remove noncombatants from the city, a process the U.S. military calls draining the pond PHOTO BY FRANCO PAGETTI / POLARIS FOR TIME
FRANCO PAGETTI / POLARIS FOR TIME
The Battle of Tall 'Afar: Inside a massive assault on the Iraqi insurgency
"Draining the Pond"
To avoid civilian casualties, troops conducted a massive operation to remove noncombatants from the city, a process the U.S. military calls "draining the pond"
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FROM THE September 26, 2005 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED Sunday, September 18, 2005

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