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U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, scan the area for enemy movement while other soldiers search a nearby home in Yusifiyah, Iraq, on May 11th, 2008.

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, scan the area for enemy movement while other soldiers search a nearby home in Yusifiyah, Iraq, on May 11th, 2008.

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, scan the area for enemy movement while other soldiers search a nearby home in Yusifiyah, Iraq, on May 11th, 2008.

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