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U.S. Navy sailors come ashore after searching for weapons caches islands on the Euphrates River near Haditha, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2008. The sailors are attached to Riverine Squadron Two's Detachment 3, which regularly patrols the river and its surrounding inland waterways to protect their use for legitimate commerce.

EUPHRATES PATROL

U.S. Navy sailors come ashore after searching for weapons caches islands on the Euphrates River near Haditha, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2008. The sailors are attached to Riverine Squadron Two's Detachment 3, which regularly patrols the river and its surrounding inland waterways to protect their use for legitimate commerce.

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