We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 11, 2009

Fri Dec. 11, 2009 4:32 AM PST

With the help of a tour guide, US Army Soldiers explore what is thought to be the biblical home of Abraham among ruins discovered near the Great Ziggurat of Ur close to Contingency Operating Base, Adder, Iraq, Nov. 21, 2009. The Sumerians built the Ziggurat of Ur to honor their moon god, Nanna. (US Army photo by Spc. Shane P.S. Begg.)

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