Associated
Press: Senior National Picture Editor, J. David Ake's choices of the Best
Photos from Iraq
U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division Sgt. Steven Brussel
leans into the wind as a sandstorm at dusk turns the desert red near
Karbala, Iraq Tuesday, March 25, 2003. The sandstorm grounded many
bombing flights over Iraq and slowed U.S.-led military progress in
the area near Karbala.