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The ammunition found in a weapons cache by U.S. Army and Iraqi army soldiers detonates in a huge explosion in Basra province, Iraq, April 27, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division’s Company E, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.

BASRA BLAST

The ammunition found in a weapons cache by U.S. Army and Iraqi army soldiers detonates in a huge explosion in Basra province, Iraq, April 27, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division’s Company E, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.

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