“Another day fighting the war on drugs.” So commented a Marine Corps platoon commander as he stood atop a dirt- and rock-strewn hill near Jubbah, Iraq, watching his men hike an 50-mile sweep south along the Euphrates River valley. As if on a massive police manhunt, the Marines of 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, walked nearly shoulder-to-shoulder, searching rock piles and palm groves for insurgent weapons stashes.

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