Sgt. Daryl Appling and Pfc. John Williams, infantrymen with Company D, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade), show Ali, an Iraqi department of border enforcement soldier, how to use a thermal optic to watch for smugglers crossing the Iraqi-Syrian border at night, Dec. 9, 2009. Often lacking night-vision optics, Iraqi border security forces often rely on dogs to alert them to smugglers' presence at night. partnership halts smuggling across Syrian border 232028

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