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An Iraqi National Police officer pulls the detonation trigger from a safe location during a class on how to deal with improvised explosive devices taught by U.S. soldiers in the Doura district, Baghdad, Jan. 22, 2009. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to 192nd Battalion, 752nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company.

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An Iraqi National Police officer pulls the detonation trigger from a safe location during a class on how to deal with improvised explosive devices taught by U.S. soldiers in the Doura district, Baghdad, Jan. 22, 2009. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to 192nd Battalion, 752nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company.

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