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U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance technicians and Iraqi soldiers prepare to destroy captured enemy ordnance with a controlled detonation on Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Nov. 23, 2009.

U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance technicians and Iraqi soldiers prepare to destroy captured enemy ordnance with a controlled detonation on Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Nov. 23, 2009.

U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance technicians and Iraqi soldiers prepare to destroy captured enemy ordnance with a controlled detonation on Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Nov. 23, 2009.

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