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U.S. Marines and Iraqi security forces pose holding their nations' flags.

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U.S. Marines deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve pose with Iraqi service members in Iraq, Nov. 27, 2017. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Christian Lopez

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