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U.S. Army Sgt. Lawrence Robinson and Sgt. Ronald Carrier, prepare the final explosive charge so they can gain access to a locked building during a reconnaissance mission in an abandoned warehouse area in the Thawra 1 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad on June 5, 2008.

EXPLOSIVE PREP

U.S. Army Sgt. Lawrence Robinson and Sgt. Ronald Carrier, prepare the final explosive charge so they can gain access to a locked building during a reconnaissance mission in an abandoned warehouse area in the Thawra 1 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad on June 5, 2008.

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