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An Iraqi National Police officer walks past a gate while searching outside an abandoned building for signs of terrorist activity in Al-Hamidat, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2008.

SEARCHING FOR SIGNS

An Iraqi National Police officer walks past a gate while searching outside an abandoned building for signs of terrorist activity in Al-Hamidat, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2008.

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