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Petraeus Tours Baquba, Meets Locals, Troops
Top US General in Iraq Makes the Rounds in Embattled Diyala Province
07/07/2007 7:49 PM ET
Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images

BAQUBA, IRAQ - JULY 07: An Iraqi man looks over Gen. David Petraeus in a market in a neighborhood recently seized back from militant control by US forces. General Petraeus got a briefing and tour of the Baquba area July 7 as a push of "surge" troops begin a third week of an offensive against militants who had used Baquba as a base.

BAQUBA, IRAQ - JULY 07: Spc. Christopher Watson of Dallas, Texas is sworn in by Gen. David Petraeus for re-enlistment at Forward Operating Base Warhorse.
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BAQUBA, IRAQ - JULY 07: Spc. Christopher Watson of Dallas, Texas is sworn in by Gen. David Petraeus for re-enlistment at Forward Operating Base Warhorse.

BAQUBA, IRAQ - JULY 07: Gen. David Petraeus looks over the goods of a shopkeeper in a neighborhood recently seized back from militant control by US forces.
Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images
BAQUBA, IRAQ - JULY 07: Gen. David Petraeus looks over the goods of a shopkeeper in a neighborhood recently seized back from militant control by US forces.

BAQUBA, IRAQ - JULY 07: Gen. David Petraeus poses for a picture with soldiers at a new troop outpost in a neighborhood recently seized back from militant control by US forces.
Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images
BAQUBA, IRAQ - JULY 07: Gen. David Petraeus poses for a picture with soldiers at a new troop outpost in a neighborhood recently seized back from militant control by US forces.

BAQUBA, IRAQ - JULY 07: Gen. David Petraeus exits an American army outpost in a neighborhood recently taken from militant control by US forces.
Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images
BAQUBA, IRAQ - JULY 07: Gen. David Petraeus exits an American army outpost in a neighborhood recently taken from militant control by US forces.

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