The Long War -- Iraq after five years

Abu Samer (second from left), head of the reconciliation committee of Aamel, walked the Rashid district of Baghdad with soldiers from the US Army's 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment. Rashid witnessed some of the most fierce sectarian violence in Iraq during 2007.
Abu Samer (second from left), head of the reconciliation committee of Aamel, walked the Rashid district of Baghdad with soldiers from the US Army's 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment. Rashid witnessed some of the most fierce sectarian violence in Iraq during 2007.
(Eros Hoagland for The Boston Globe)