Coalition Forces find a large cache of commonly used improvised explosive devices material including several large barrels of ammonium nitrate and bags of fertilizer in a building during an operation in Salman Pak, Feb. 15, 2007. Courtesy photo by Multi-National Force-Iraq


Coalition Forces find a large cache of commonly used improvised explosive devices material including several large barrels of ammonium nitrate and bags of fertilizer in a building during an operation in Salman Pak, Feb. 15, 2007. Courtesy photo by Multi-National Force-Iraq


Coalition Forces talk with local residents in Salman Pak about a large explosives cache in a nearby building, Feb. 15, 2007. The area was cordoned off and local citizens were moved to a safe distance while the building and IED materials were destroyed by a controlled detonation. Courtesy photo by Multi-National Force-Iraq


Coalition Forces cordoned off the area and conducted a controlled detonation of an improvised explosive devices factory during an operation in Salman Pak targeting an al Qaeda in Iraq-related IED network, Feb. 15, 2007. Couresty photo by Multi-National Force-Iraq


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