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U.S. Army soldiers patrol the streets of the Islah Zeral neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, in a Stryker vehicle on May 29, 2006. The soldiers are attached to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

U.S. Army soldiers patrol the streets of the Islah Zeral neighborhood.

U.S. Army soldiers patrol the streets of the Islah Zeral neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, in a Stryker vehicle on May 29, 2006. The soldiers are attached to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

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