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Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion of the 101 Airborne Brigade exit a Blackhawk helicopter upon arrival for a 'presence patrol' in the village of Alganah in northwestern Iraq, about 30 kms from the Syrian border, Sunday, May 18, 2003. Several dozen soldiers at once take part in such patrols to remote areas, which are designed to establish a clear U.S. security presence and rapport with local citizens, say U.S. Army field officers. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

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Residents watch as soldiers from the 3rd Battalion of the 101 Airborne Brigade on a 'presence patrol' walk through the village of Alganah, in northwestern Iraq, about 30 kms from the Syrian border, Sunday, May 18, 2003. Several dozen soldiers at once take part in such patrols to remote areas, which are designed to establish a clear U.S. security presence and rapport with local citizens, say U.S. Army field officers. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

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Iraqi children greet a U.S. soldier from the 3rd Battalion of the 101 Airborne Brigade on a 'presence patrol' walk through the village of Alganah, in northwestern Iraq, about 30 kms (19 miles) from the Syrian border, Sunday, May 18, 2003. Several dozen soldiers at once take part in such patrols to remote areas, which are designed to establish a clear U.S. security presence and rapport with local citizens, say U.S. Army field officers. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

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Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion of the 101 Airborne Brigade joke with eachother as they wait on an airstrip for helicopters to pick them up for a mission, at a base in northwestern Iraq, about 100 kms from the Syrian border, Sunday, May 18, 2003. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

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During takeoff, an American Apache assault helicopter passes over soldiers from the 3rd Battalion of the 101 Airborne Brigade waiting for helicopters to pick them up for a mission, some waving to a, at a base in northwestern Iraq, about 100 kms from the Syrian border, Sunday, May 18, 2003. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

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Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion of the 101 Airborne Brigade assembled on an airstrip wait for helicopters to pick them up for a mission, some waving to a passing Apache assault helicopter, at a base in northwestern Iraq, about 100 kilometers from the Syrian border, Sunday, May 18, 2003. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

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U.S. Army Arabic-speaking linguist Spc. Joshua W Henry pauses to finish a glass of tea while translating for an Iraqi man, during a converation between the man and U.S. Army officers from the 3rd Battalion of the 101 Airborne Brigade inside a home in the village of Alganah in northwestern Iraq), about 30 kms from the Syrian border, Sunday, May 18, 2003. Several dozen soldiers at once take part in such 'presence patrols' to remote areas of northern Iraq, the design being to establish a clear U.S. security presence and rapport with local citizens, say U.S. Army field officers. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley

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The U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter of Colonel Michael Linnington of the 101st Airborne Division hovers over an Iraqi village, preparing to land for a meeting between Kurdish and Arab local leaders, near Rabi Ah, northern Iraq, near the Syrian border, Saturday, May 17, 2003. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, thousands of Kurds forced from their land by his regime have tried to return, causing tensions with Arabs that U.S. forces are working to quell. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley