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A convoy of U.S. and Afghan soldiers is attacked by insurgents as it heads toward a simulated Afghan village during U.S. military advisor training at Fort Riley, Kan., March 17, 2008. Several such “villages” used for Iraq and Afghanistan training exercises are scattered across Fort Riley’s 100,000 acres.

A convoy of U.S. and Afghan soldiers is attacked by insurgents as it heads toward a simulated Afghan village during U.S. military advisor training at Fort Riley, Kan., March 17, 2008. Several such “villages” used for Iraq and Afghanistan training exercises are scattered across Fort Riley’s 100,000 acres.

A convoy of U.S. and Afghan soldiers is attacked by insurgents as it heads toward a simulated Afghan village during U.S. military advisor training at Fort Riley, Kan., March 17, 2008. Several such “villages” used for Iraq and Afghanistan training exercises are scattered across Fort Riley’s 100,000 acres.

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