Residents play dominoes as a U.S. soldier of 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment stands guard in Tal Kayf in the outskirts of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad September 5, 2008. Officials and security personnel die at the hands of gunmen nearly every day in Mosul, a city of 1.8 million people still struggling to shake off a determined insurgency while much of Iraq enjoys its best security in years. Picture taken September 5, 2008. REUTERS/Tim Cocks (IRAQ) TO MATCH FEATURE IRAQ/MOSUL
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