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A U. S. Army soldier mans a .50 caliber machine gun atop a HUMVEE to provide cover fire for fellow soldiers during a search for weapons caches and insurgent forces in a cemetery near An Najaf, Iraq, on Aug. 10, 2004.

A U. S. Army soldier mans a .50 caliber machine gun atop a HUMVEE.

A U. S. Army soldier mans a .50 caliber machine gun atop a HUMVEE to provide cover fire for fellow soldiers during a search for weapons caches and insurgent forces in a cemetery near An Najaf, Iraq, on Aug. 10, 2004.

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