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    Palm grove search in Naqib

    NAQIB, IRAQ

    12.20.2008

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    Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq

    U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician Petty Officer 1st Class Thayer Jones lines up a small cache of improvised explosive device initiators found buried next to a road. U.S. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and Iraqi soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 19th Brigade, 5th Division, are preparing palm groves around Naqib, Iraq, for a controlled burn that will expose or detonate the massive amounts of booby traps, improvised explosive devices and weapons caches that are hindering local Iraqi's attempts to farm this al-Qaida stronghold on Dec. 20.

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    Date Taken: 12.20.2008
    Date Posted: 03.08.2012 20:50
    Photo ID: 139250
    VIRIN: 081220-N-1974P-027
    Resolution: 2848x4288
    Size: 1.18 MB
    Location: NAQIB, IQ

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