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US troops from the 101st Airborne approach an Iraqi tank in a captured Republican Guards compound, near Baghdad airport. AFP/Romeo Gacad
Pvt. Jonathan Jones, 19, left, and Staff Sgt. Michael Hughes, 32, of Normal, Ill., suit up in chemical protective gear and gas masks to check out a possible chemical weapons threat at an Iraqi military compound in Najaf. April 9, 2003. Staff photo by John Partipilo, The Tennessean.
Soldiers from an Army chemical unit check for possible chemical weapons at an Iraqi military compound after soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division reported burning eyes and throats while clearing the building. The chemical unit, which works with the 1st Battalion of the 327th Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st's 1st Brigade, found no chemical weapons. A bag containing a white substance turned out to be a bag of salt. April 9, 2003. Staff photo by John Partipilo, The Tennessean.
Pvt. Curtis Sample, 21, of Chicago, a member of Company B, 1st Battalion of the 327th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, stands guard at a patrol site near a school as Iraqi children gather and cheer. April 9, 2003. Staff photo by John Partipilo, The Tennessean.
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