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An Iraqi policeman, left, pulls security with U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Fletcher Sargent during a joint patrol south of Baghdad in Radwaniyah, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2009. The soldiers were in the area to examine irrigation canals for a possible clearing project to bring a better water system to people in rural villages.

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An Iraqi policeman, left, pulls security with U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Fletcher Sargent during a joint patrol south of Baghdad in Radwaniyah, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2009. The soldiers were in the area to examine irrigation canals for a possible clearing project to bring a better water system to people in rural villages.

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