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A U.S. Marine is silhouetted in a window as he searches a building during a patrol in Haqlaniyah, Iraq, on Dec. 21, 2006. The Marine is attached to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

A U.S. Marine is silhouetted in a window as he searches a building.

A U.S. Marine is silhouetted in a window as he searches a building during a patrol in Haqlaniyah, Iraq, on Dec. 21, 2006. The Marine is attached to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

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