
A U.S. Army soldier, from the 502nd Engineer Company, works to disassemble a bridge near Taji, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2007. The bridge is being torn down in order to deter insurgents from transporting weapons. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander

U.S. Army soldiers, from the 502nd Engineer Company, disassemble a bridge near Taji, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander

U.S. Army soldiers, from the 502nd Engineer Company, disassemble a bridge near Taji, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander

A U.S. Army soldier, from the 502nd Engineer Company, works to disassemble a bridge near Taji, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander

U.S. Army soldiers, from the 502nd Engineer Company, carry beams as they disassemble a bridge near Taji, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander

U.S. Army soldiers, from the 502nd Engineer Company, move pieces of a bridge they disassembled near Taji, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander
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