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Capt. Hayder Adnan Ali, Iraqi police liaison to coalition forces, explains what happens when an AK-47 rifle round fires as Sgt. Hayder Sahib Silan, Iraqi police mobile training team instructor, demonstrates at the Iraqi police provincial headquarters in Wasit, Iraq, July 20, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joe Thompson

Capt. Hayder Adnan Ali, Iraqi police liaison to coalition forces, explains what happens when an AK-47 rifle round fires as Sgt. Hayder Sahib Silan, Iraqi police mobile training team instructor, demonstrates at the Iraqi police provincial headquarters in Wasit, Iraq, July 20, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joe Thompson

Capt. Hayder Adnan Ali, Iraqi police liaison to coalition forces, explains what happens when an AK-47 rifle round fires as Sgt. Hayder Sahib Silan, Iraqi police mobile training team instructor, demonstrates at the Iraqi police provincial headquarters in Wasit, Iraq, July 20, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joe Thompson

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