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US ARMY PERSONNEL SEARCH AND TAKE OVER DWELLINGS IN AFGHANISTAN.
United States Army 10th Mountain soldiers keep an eye out for the enemy
as they take over dwellings March 8, 2002 near the villages of
Sherkhankheyl, Marzak and Bobelkiel, Afghanistan. The villages were an
al Qaeda and Taliban stronghold which came under intense bombing and
firefights as the coalition forces battled to root them out. PHOTO
TAKEN MARCH 8 REUTERS/POOL/Joe Raedle
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