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U.S. Army soldiers keep watch down an alley while providing security near Checkpoint 9 in northern Gazaliyah, Iraq, on May 15, 2008. The soldiers are from Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.

U.S. Army soldiers keep watch down an alley.

U.S. Army soldiers keep watch down an alley while providing security near Checkpoint 9 in northern Gazaliyah, Iraq, on May 15, 2008. The soldiers are from Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.

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