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  Soldiers Play With Fire MOSUL, Iraq – Soldiers from the 431st Civil Affairs Battalion attached to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Mosul built a fire in the “burn house” at the Mosul Public Safety Academy Dec. 12. The fire was part of a demonstration to show the training Iraqi firefighters have received at the academy. In the “burn house” Iraqi firefighters demonstrated entering a smoke filled building and extinguishing the fire. At the tower, a rescue unit climbed a ladder to a second floor window and removed a simulated victim. Two firefighting classes have been established...