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An Iraqi instructor stands atop a cement block and looks on as members of the Iraqi Special Weapons and Tactics team crawl toward it on a beach at Lake Quadsiyah in Haditha, Iraq, July 7, 2008.

An Iraqi instructor stands atop a cement block and looks on as members of the Iraqi Special Weapons and Tactics team crawl toward it on a beach at Lake Quadsiyah in Haditha, Iraq, July 7, 2008.

An Iraqi instructor stands atop a cement block and looks on as members of the Iraqi Special Weapons and Tactics team crawl toward it on a beach at Lake Quadsiyah in Haditha, Iraq, July 7, 2008.

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