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A Marine of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit assigned to Explosive Ordnance Team 8 prepares a Talon II remote-controlled robot to go down range and investigate a possible IED along the shoulder of a busy highway in southern Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Lek Mateo

During a patrol in central Iraq, an improvised explosive device hunting team burns a tire that could be used to hide an IED along the side of a highway. U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Lek Mateo

Soldiers compare trying to find an IED, which may be hidden in the piles of trash that litter Iraq's roads, to looking for a needle in a haystack. U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Lek Mateo

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