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A U.S. Army soldier pulls security 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 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, which conducted a combined air assault with Iraqi police.

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A U.S. Army soldier pulls security 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 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, which conducted a combined air assault with Iraqi police.

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