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A soldier watches for enemy action as fellow soldiers board a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter following a cordon and search operation in Tall Aswad, Iraq, Feb. 5, 2007. The soldiers are from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment.

CORDON AND SEARCH

A soldier watches for enemy action as fellow soldiers board a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter following a cordon and search operation in Tall Aswad, Iraq, Feb. 5, 2007. The soldiers are from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment.

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