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Members of an Iraqi emergency service unit mount up before a cordon and search for weapons caches in Kirkuk, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2006. The unit searched homes in the neighborhood for hidden weapons.

CORDON AND SEARCH PATROL

Members of an Iraqi emergency service unit mount up before a cordon and search for weapons caches in Kirkuk, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2006. The unit searched homes in the neighborhood for hidden weapons.

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