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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jacob Lopez, attached to Crazy horse Troop, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division inspects barrels filled with car parts during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol with counterparts of the Iraqi Police in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, in Kirkuk, Iraq, on May 16, 2009.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jacob Lopez, attached to Crazy horse Troop, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division inspects barrels filled with car parts during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol with counterparts of the Iraqi Police in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, in Kirkuk, Iraq, on May 16, 2009.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jacob Lopez, attached to Crazy horse Troop, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division inspects barrels filled with car parts during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol with counterparts of the Iraqi Police in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, in Kirkuk, Iraq, on May 16, 2009.

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