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A U.S. Army soldier uses a metal detector to locate possible buried weapons near a farmhouse in a village outside Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 12, 2006. This soldier is attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.

A U.S. Army soldier uses a metal detector.

A U.S. Army soldier uses a metal detector to locate possible buried weapons near a farmhouse in a village outside Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 12, 2006. This soldier is attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.

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