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An Iraqi waits outside his home as US soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, Alpha company, enter to search it in the village of Alaiba, 70 kms southwest of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The soldiers confiscated a large quantity of weapons, including a canon, several mortars, and kalashnikovs. AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye
A US soldier from the 101st Airborne Division, Alpha company, shows comrades a picture of Iraq ' deposed leader Saddam Hussein , found in one of the houses during a search in the village of Alaiba, 70 kms southwest of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye
US troops from the 101st Airborne Division listen to a squad leader at an airbase in Qayyara, 35 kms south of Mosul, in nothern Iraq. AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye
US troops from the 101st Airborne Division train at an air assault school in the airbase of Camp Qayyara, 35 kms south of Mosul, in nothern Iraq . The elite air assault school is the first foreign mission since the Vietnam War and the deployment is the latest in a series of moves in Washington signalling the US-led occupation of Iraq will be longer than anticipated prior to the March 20 invasion of Iraq that ousted former president Saddam Hussein . AFP/File/Ahmad Al-Rubaye
U.S. Army Stf. Sergeant Jerry Hunter, center, of the Bravo company, 2-502 infantry regiment, 101st Airborne division, teaches Iraqi police officers how to hold the their Kalashnikov guns in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq , Saturday, Oct. 4, 2003. U.S. military officials organized a month long course for police officers to improve their skills. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Bonnette of the Bravo company, 2-502 infantry regiment, 101st Airborne division, uses his night vision equipment to observe a territory during a night patrol mission in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq , late Sunday, Oct. 5, 2003. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Bonnette, left, of the Bravo company, 2-502 infantry regiment, 101st Airborne division, talks by radio as an unidentified soldier sits next to him during a night patrol mission in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq , late Sunday, Oct. 5, 2003. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Thomson, left, of Bravo company, 2-502 infantry regiment, 101st Airborne division, helps an unidentified Iraqi police officer to let him know how to hold his Kalashnikov submachine gun as his interpreter, right, no name was given, helps him in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq , Saturday, Oct. 4, 2003. U.S. military officials organized a month long course for the best police officers to improve their skills. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
Iraqi men and children watch as soldier of U.S. Army Bravo company, 2-502 infantry regiment, 101st Airborne division, walks past them during a night patrol mission in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq , late Sunday, Oct. 5, 2003. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Thomson, left, of Bravo company, 2-502 infantry regiment, 101st Airborne division, teaches Iraqi police officers how to hold their pistols in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq , Saturday, Oct. 4, 2003. U.S. military officials organized a month long course for the best police officers to improve their skills. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
Soldier of U.S. Army Bravo company, 2-502 infantry regiment, 101st Airborne division, walks past an open gate as Iraqi boy looks at him during a night patrol mission in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq , late Sunday, Oct. 5, 2003. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
Iraqi police officers write in their notepads as U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Thomson, left, of Bravo company, 2-502 infantry regiment, 101st Airborne Division, overviews them a course in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq , Saturday, Oct. 4, 2003. U.S. military officials organized a month long course for the best police officers to improve their skills. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
U.S. Army Stf. Sergeant Steven Tofanelli, left, of Bravo company, 2-502 infantry regiment, 101st Airborne division, checks his soldiers unloading of their weapons after a mission at their base in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq , Saturday, Oct. 4, 2003. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
US Sergeant Brian Stinson, 30, from Kentucky, stands guard with his 50 caliber sniper's semi-automatic (sic) at Camp Qayyara airbase, near Mosul, 400 kms north Baghdad. The sniper is a member of the elite Tiger Force which is being deployed to gaurd Iraq's northern oil pipeline which has proved prone to attack by forces loyal to ousted president Saddam Hussein. AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye
US Specialist Jacob Sprenger (front), 20, from Nebraska, takes up position with his 50 caliber sniper's semi-automatic ahead of Sergeant Brian Stinson, 30, from Kentucky in Camp Qayyara airbase, near Mosul, 400 kms north Baghdad. AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye
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