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And those are back with this one .

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These Iraqi soldiers are pointing out

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one of many simulated IEDs hidden in

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this training field , robert wise is

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the seventh Iraqi Army Division Special

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Forces advisor . He says Iraqi service

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members are training to become self

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sufficient and conduct missions without

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any coalition forces . That is the goal

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is to train these soldiers here and

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they could pass on information to the

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other soldiers within their battalion .

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Uh as we continue on conducting the

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same type of training with each company ,

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the knowledge base will just spread

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further and further and hopefully it

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will spread into the Iraqi division

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itself . The Iraqi soldiers split up

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into three groups and rotated through

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three parts of training . A driving

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lane where they search for I . E . D .

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S hidden along the road , a walking

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lane where they search for smaller

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devices and it hands on display full of

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disarmed explosives the enemy would use

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in an area instructors called the

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Petting Zoo Counter I . E . D .

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Instructor . Army specialist kevin

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morin explains how being able to spot

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the hidden explosives is just the

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beginning . Well I was trying to teach

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them was to not go up to it to be able

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to see it from a distance and then to

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keep their eyes on it until somebody

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got there to take care of it . This is

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the first time the Iraqi Army has used

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this training area and it's the first

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time specialist morin has taught Iraqi

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soldiers . They're a lot nicer than

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most people would think . Working with

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them is actually a lot easier because

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they're more adapt to listening and

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paying attention so that they can

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impress us . I guess you would say they

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want they want to make themselves look

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good in our eyes so there's a lot of

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fun working with them . An Iraqi

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private gives his thoughts on the

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training tomorrow . If we're going to

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be out there patrolling we might face

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something that we've noticed in this

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class so we could be careful and know

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how to act the I . E . D . Recognition .

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And Lane training is part of a month

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long course for the seventh Iraqi Army

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Division commando unit . And in the

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words of an Iraqi soldier . No I'm

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studying . Yes we are ready for MnF

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West Iraq . This is Marine Staff

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Sergeant , Jason Price and we had