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Iraqi army soldiers assigned to the 27th Iraqi Infantry Brigade, 7th Iraqi Infantry Division search through a pile of rubble for any signs of insurgent activity in a wadi, or dried river bed, east of Baghdadi, Iraq, March 18, 2008. The soldiers have been training for the past 20 days with U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy SEALS to conduct helo-borne operations such as cache sweeps.

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Iraqi army soldiers assigned to the 27th Iraqi Infantry Brigade, 7th Iraqi Infantry Division search through a pile of rubble for any signs of insurgent activity in a wadi, or dried river bed, east of Baghdadi, Iraq, March 18, 2008. The soldiers have been training for the past 20 days with U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy SEALS to conduct helo-borne operations such as cache sweeps.

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