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A U.S. Army soldier sits in the back of a Stryker vehicle as soldiers from his unit conduct a cache search dubbed Operation Gimlet Tidal Wave in the rural region of Zoba, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. The site has been historically known to hold countless hidden weapons caches.

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A U.S. Army soldier sits in the back of a Stryker vehicle as soldiers from his unit conduct a cache search dubbed Operation Gimlet Tidal Wave in the rural region of Zoba, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. The site has been historically known to hold countless hidden weapons caches.

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