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Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provide security in front of a house during a cordon-and-search mission in Baghdad’s Rashid district, April 14, 2007. Photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland, USA

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provide security in front of a house during a cordon-and-search mission in Baghdad’s Rashid district, April 14, 2007. Photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland, USA

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provide security in front of a house during a cordon-and-search mission in Baghdad’s Rashid district, April 14, 2007. Photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland, USA

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