A U.S. military helicopter releases anti-missile decoy flares while flying over central Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi soldiers backed by U.S. troops battled gunmen in central Baghdad's Haifa Street, and explosions were heard in the area, police, witnesses and the U.S. military said.

First published in the January 10, 2007, 12:06 a.m. edition

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