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Iraqi army and U.S. Army soldiers secure a landing zone after departing from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an assault mission in Iraq near the Syrian border on March 6, 2006.

Iraqi army and U.S. Army soldiers secure a landing zone.

Iraqi army and U.S. Army soldiers secure a landing zone after departing from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an assault mission in Iraq near the Syrian border on March 6, 2006.

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