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Marines of 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, clear a house as a they look for weapons caches and signs of insurgency during an operation at Tharthar Lake, Iraq, on June 19, 2005. Marines of the 2nd Marine Division and Multi-National Force-West are conducting counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi Forces in the Tharthar Lake area.

Marines clear a house as a they look for weapons caches.

Marines of 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, clear a house as a they look for weapons caches and signs of insurgency during an operation at Tharthar Lake, Iraq, on June 19, 2005. Marines of the 2nd Marine Division and Multi-National Force-West are conducting counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize anti-Iraqi Forces in the Tharthar Lake area.

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