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Sgt. Patrick Ireland organizes a spur-of-the-moment vehicle checkpoint during a joint patrol with the Iraqi National Police through east Baghdad's Sha'ab neighborhood, May 12, 2007.

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Sgt. Patrick Ireland organizes a spur-of-the-moment vehicle checkpoint during a joint patrol with the Iraqi National Police through east Baghdad's Sha'ab neighborhood, May 12, 2007.

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