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A U.S. Marine maintains security as he escorts displaced residents from the nearby village of Kwaja Jamal through the abandoned marketplace in Now Zad in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 6, 2009. The Marine is assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. Fearing insurgents, the former residents asked Marines to escort them through the marketplace to retrieve items left behind.

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A U.S. Marine maintains security as he escorts displaced residents from the nearby village of Kwaja Jamal through the abandoned marketplace in Now Zad in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 6, 2009. The Marine is assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. Fearing insurgents, the former residents asked Marines to escort them through the marketplace to retrieve items left behind.

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