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From the archives: Soldiers stand watch at oil fields in Iraq, 2007
Stars and Stripes
November 6, 2025
(Zeke Minaya/Stars and Stripes)
Beiji, Iraq, Feb. 18, 2007: Members of the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, stand watch as workers continue repairs to one of the several pipelines joining the oil fields near Kirkuk to the refinery in Beiji.
Check out the 2007 article on the Iraq operation here.