Army Staff Sgts. Richard Luciano and Aaron Betz from the 87th Engineers Company of Fort Hood, Texas, review a map of the area that is to go through a controlled burn in the palm groves in Naqib, Iraq, Dec. 19. The Army is partnering with the Iraqi army to clear the villages of Naqib and Bey'a and disrupt al-Qaida in Iraq networks and weapons caches in and around the Diyala province of Iraq. Controlled burns in Naqib palm groves 139769

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