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Iraqi army soldiers watch as U.S. Army soldiers check an AK-47 handed off to them by the owner during a joint patrol conducting a weapons search in Shulla, Iraq, June 19, 2008.

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Iraqi army soldiers watch as U.S. Army soldiers check an AK-47 handed off to them by the owner during a joint patrol conducting a weapons search in Shulla, Iraq, June 19, 2008.

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