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Soldiers from the U.S. Army's Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, check the identification of local men during a patrol near Tikrit, Iraq, on April 16, 2006.

U.S. Army soldiers check the identification of local men during a patrol.

Soldiers from the U.S. Army's Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, check the identification of local men during a patrol near Tikrit, Iraq, on April 16, 2006.

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