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Iraqi soldiers with Coalition troops sit in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as it prepares to take them back to base, Jan. 31, 2007. The helicopter provided transportation to and from the troops' objective near Kirkuk, Iraq.

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Iraqi soldiers with Coalition troops sit in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as it prepares to take them back to base, Jan. 31, 2007. The helicopter provided transportation to and from the troops' objective near Kirkuk, Iraq.

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