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A U.S. Army soldier from Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division clears the rooftop of a house during a search for insurgent forces in Owja, Iraq, on May 31, 2007.

A U.S. Army soldier clears the rooftop of a house.

A U.S. Army soldier from Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division clears the rooftop of a house during a search for insurgent forces in Owja, Iraq, on May 31, 2007.

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