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U.S. Navy Seaman Vincent E. Hurtado, a hospital corpsman with C Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, helps to clear a home in Fallujah, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2006. Marines recently conducted search operations to confirm or deny the presence of anti-Iraqi forces operating in the souk district.

SEARCHING THE SOUK DISTRICT

U.S. Navy Seaman Vincent E. Hurtado, a hospital corpsman with C Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, helps to clear a home in Fallujah, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2006. Marines recently conducted search operations to confirm or deny the presence of anti-Iraqi forces operating in the souk district.

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