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As U.S. soldiers in a vehicle turn a corner, an improvised-explosive device detonated in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Shulla, Iraq, May 16, 2008. Though unhurt, soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team fought off hours of indirect and rocket-propelled grenade fire while searching for a possible weapons cache.

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As U.S. soldiers in a vehicle turn a corner, an improvised-explosive device detonated in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Shulla, Iraq, May 16, 2008. Though unhurt, soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team fought off hours of indirect and rocket-propelled grenade fire while searching for a possible weapons cache.

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