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U.S. Marines emerge from a cloud of dust kicked up by the rotor wash of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter in Iraq on Dec. 4, 2005. The Marines and Navy Criminal Investigation Service agents are investigating the site as an alleged insurgent sniper range.

U.S. Marines emerge from a cloud of dust.

U.S. Marines emerge from a cloud of dust kicked up by the rotor wash of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter in Iraq on Dec. 4, 2005. The Marines and Navy Criminal Investigation Service agents are investigating the site as an alleged insurgent sniper range.

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