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A U.S. Army soldier uses a metal detector to search for weapons during an early morning raid in the small village of Zora, Iraq, on Jan. 9, 2005. Soldiers of Bravo Company, Task Force 82nd Engineers, and Iraqi National Guardsmen uncovered several insurgents and a cache of weapons to include mortars and rocket propelled grenades.

A U.S. Army soldier uses a metal detector to search for weapons.

A U.S. Army soldier uses a metal detector to search for weapons during an early morning raid in the small village of Zora, Iraq, on Jan. 9, 2005. Soldiers of Bravo Company, Task Force 82nd Engineers, and Iraqi National Guardsmen uncovered several insurgents and a cache of weapons to include mortars and rocket propelled grenades.

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