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U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment conduct a search for weapons caches and insurgent activity during an operation in the Al Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, on April 16, 2008.

U.S. Army soldiers conduct a search for weapons caches.

U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment conduct a search for weapons caches and insurgent activity during an operation in the Al Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, on April 16, 2008.

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