At midafternoon in Diyala, a province northeast of Baghdad, the heavy grind of military tanks calms to a distant rumble. Even war is slowed by 120-degree heat. Soldiers, American and Iraqi, move from shadow to shadow, stepping on slivers of palm-tree shade or lying under Humvees. -
Pause for Rest in the Desert
At midafternoon in Diyala, a province northeast of Baghdad, the heavy grind of military tanks calms to a distant rumble. Even war is slowed by 120-degree heat. Soldiers, American and Iraqi, move from shadow to shadow, stepping on slivers of palm-tree shade or lying under Humvees.-
By Andrea Bruce