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As seen through a night vision lens, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Phillip Evans, right, searches a home in the Rusafa security district of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, with an Iraqi National policeman during a night patrol, June 30, 2008. Evans is assigned to the 89th Cavalry Regiment's Troop C, 3rd Squadron.

NIGHT WATCH

As seen through a night vision lens, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Phillip Evans, right, searches a home in the Rusafa security district of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, with an Iraqi National policeman during a night patrol, June 30, 2008. Evans is assigned to the 89th Cavalry Regiment's Troop C, 3rd Squadron.

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