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A U.S. Army soldier keeps his weapon aimed while fellow soldiers confront a local man with a weapon approaching them from the vine groves in Western Muqdadiyah, Iraq, on Dec. 12, 2007. The soldiers are from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

A U.S. Army soldier keeps his weapon aimed.

A U.S. Army soldier keeps his weapon aimed while fellow soldiers confront a local man with a weapon approaching them from the vine groves in Western Muqdadiyah, Iraq, on Dec. 12, 2007. The soldiers are from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

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