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U.S. Army Capt. Ed Matthaidess, commander of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, provides security outside a mosque as Iraqi army soldiers search the inside in the Adhamiyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 31, 2006. The Iraqi army soldiers were the only soldiers allowed to search the mosque.

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U.S. Army Capt. Ed Matthaidess, commander of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, provides security outside a mosque as Iraqi army soldiers search the inside in the Adhamiyah neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 31, 2006. The Iraqi army soldiers were the only soldiers allowed to search the mosque.

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