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U.S. Army soldiers walk through a market in the Al Sudeek district during a dismounted patrol in Mosul, Iraq, on Jan. 9, 2005. The soldiers are assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, attached to Task Force Tacoma.

U.S. Army soldiers walk through a market in the Al Sudeek district.

U.S. Army soldiers walk through a market in the Al Sudeek district during a dismounted patrol in Mosul, Iraq, on Jan. 9, 2005. The soldiers are assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, attached to Task Force Tacoma.

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