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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Robert D. Adams searches through cabinets in a house for weapons in Gnather, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, and are conducting operations with Iraqi police and Iraqi soldiers to apprehend insurgents in the area.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Robert D. Adams searches through cabinets in a house for weapons in Gnather, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2008. The Marines are assigned to Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, and are conducting operations with Iraqi police and Iraqi soldiers to apprehend insurgents in the area.

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