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U.S. Army soldiers cut a chain off a gate with bolt cutters before securing the building and conducting a search for bomb and weapon paraphernalia in the neighborhood of Younis Al Sabawi in Mosul, Iraq, April 23, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army soldiers cut a chain off a gate with bolt cutters before securing the building and conducting a search for bomb and weapon paraphernalia in the neighborhood of Younis Al Sabawi in Mosul, Iraq, April 23, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army soldiers cut a chain off a gate with bolt cutters before securing the building and conducting a search for bomb and weapon paraphernalia in the neighborhood of Younis Al Sabawi in Mosul, Iraq, April 23, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

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