War_Conflict

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August 16, 2006: CPL David Stigers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, GE, administers first aid to an injured Iraqi man that was shot. U.S. Forces came under fire from Anti Iraqi Forces during a Traffic Control Point (TCP) on Alternate Supply Route Michigan in Tameem, Ramadi, Iraq. TCP's are performed by pulling over random vehicles, searching the vehicle and it's occupants for weapons or explosives being transported into the city. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)

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PFC Chris Smith from Alpha Company, 1st BN, 87th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum NY secures the perimeter May 21, 2006 while his patrol leader talks to local Iraqi's as they patrol through the streets of Ameriah, a suburb of Baghdad Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt Jeremy T. Lock)

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U.S. Army Soldiers try to pull an illumination flare from it's case before firing it over the city of Mosul, Iraq, June 1, 2006, with a 120mm mortar cannon. The illumination flares are fired will brighten the city to deter terrorist from planting improvised explosive devices. The Soldiers are from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Battalion Mortars, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)

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An Iraqi Army interpreter and a Soldier from Bravo Company 1/17th Infantry 172nd Stryker BDE Ft. Wainwright, AK question a suspect during an early morning cordon search of a house May 26, 2006 in the North West neighborhood of Al Nijar, Mosul, Iraq. Nine Iraqi's were detained in the searches, all suspected of terrorist activity as IED facilitators and enablers. (U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt Jeremy T. Lock)

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Gunner SPC David Johnson and Assistant Gunner SGT Justin Javar from HHC 1/17th Battalion Mortars 172nd SBCT Ft. Wainwright, AK fire illumination flares over the city of Mosul, Iraq with a 120mm Mortar Cannon June 1, 2006 from a Mortar Carrier Stryker (an eight wheeled medium armored weapons combat troop transport vehicle). The illumination flares being fired will brighten the city in hopes it will help deny the terrorist terrain so they are less likely to place IED's. (U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt Jeremy T. Lock)

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Iraqi policemen wrap their faces with scarves to conceal their identity before heading out on patrols from Al Huriya Police Station in Ramadi, Iraq, July 27, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)

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Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades militants carry a mock coffin of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Abu Hamdiyeh, 64, who was serving a life sentence for his role in a foiled attempt to bomb a busy cafe in Jerusalem in 2002, died Tuesday of cancer in an Israeli jail. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)