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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josh Fisher, left, provides his interpreter information to tell the caretaker of a suspected improvised rocket assisted mortar factory in Shula, Iraq, July 19, 2008. Fisher is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Josh Fisher, left, provides his interpreter information to tell the caretaker of a suspected improvised rocket assisted mortar factory in Shula, Iraq, July 19, 2008. Fisher is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment.

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