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A captured vehicle-borne improvised explosive device is used to train Kurdish peshmerga forces at a coalition training site in northern Iraq. U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have destroyed more than 60 vehicle bombs since Iraqi and Kurdish forces began the operation to liberate Mosul, Oct. 17. DoD photo

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A captured vehicle-borne improvised explosive device is used to train Kurdish peshmerga forces at a coalition training site in northern Iraq. U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have destroyed more than 60 vehicle bombs since Iraqi and Kurdish forces began the operation to liberate Mosul, Oct. 17. DoD photo

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