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As the sun rises, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian Christ listens to his radio as other members of his unit move to known safe houses of al-Qaida during Operation Cretan in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Special Troops Battalion, which conducted a combined air assault with Iraqi police.

SALAH SUNRISE

As the sun rises, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian Christ listens to his radio as other members of his unit move to known safe houses of al-Qaida during Operation Cretan in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Special Troops Battalion, which conducted a combined air assault with Iraqi police.

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