Ansar Al-Islam Base Destroyed By U.S. Forces

SARGAT, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 9: A Kurdish soldier of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) walks past an Ansar grave during a survey September 9, 2003 of the wreckage of the military base of the Al Qaeda-backed militant organization Ansar al-Islam in Sargat, Iraq, along the border with Iran. Though U.S. forces destroyed the Ansar bases in this area in March 2003--and Secretary of State Colin Powell in February referred to a poison and explosive factory at the camp--militants that fled to Iran are believed to be regrouping in Baghdad and elsewhere. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)