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BLT 1/4 Marines at Najaf

Marines from BLT 1/4’s Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT), alongside Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) elements, move through the area around Najaf’s Revolutionary Circle and sprawling cemetery in 2004. The cemetery and nearby streets became a difficult battlefield, where Marines faced insurgent fighters using the dense network of tombs, walls, and narrow passageways for cover.