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U.S. Army soldiers load HESCO barriers for the construction of a wall near the Iraq-Iran border, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to Company C, 9th Engineer Battalion, and are building the wall near a border patrol station.

U.S. Army soldiers load HESCO barriers for the construction of a wall near the Iraq-Iran border, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to Company C, 9th Engineer Battalion, and are building the wall near a border patrol station.

U.S. Army soldiers load HESCO barriers for the construction of a wall near the Iraq-Iran border, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to Company C, 9th Engineer Battalion, and are building the wall near a border patrol station.

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