U.S. ARMY SOLDIER EATS WITH IRAQI MEN IN BALAD NORTH OF BAGHDAD, 2003-06-13 (photo)

U.S. Army seargant Paul Daly, from Los Angels, CA., eats a tomato offered by Iraqi men near the town of Balad, 90kms (60 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, June 13, 2003. U.S. troops killed 27 Iraqis who ambushed a tank patrol, after killing at least 70 at a guerrilla camp the day before, in the bloodiest clashes since President George W. Bush declared major combat over. The U.S. military has launched two big operations west and north of Baghdad this week to try to root out what it says are diehard Saddam Hussein loyalists behind a recent spate of attacks on American troops in mainly Sunni Muslim areas. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby RS/