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U.S. Army Pvt. Jacob Bustos, from the 8th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, holds up a lamb while searching a house March 1, 2009, during a clearing and census operation in the Zinjali neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq. The family's home they were searching kept a a herd of sheep on the roof.

U.S. Army Pvt. Jacob Bustos, from the 8th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, holds up a lamb while searching a house March 1, 2009, during a clearing and census operation in the Zinjali neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq. The family's home they were searching kept a a herd of sheep on the roof.

U.S. Army Pvt. Jacob Bustos, from the 8th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, holds up a lamb while searching a house March 1, 2009, during a clearing and census operation in the Zinjali neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq. The family's home they were searching kept a a herd of sheep on the roof.

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