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HAWIJA, Iraq, Jan. 12, 2007 — Improvised explosive devices are a primary threat to soldiers in the Kirkuk Province. To combat the threat, soldiers in Hawija are augmenting their ground fight with air assets. Those assets are proving invaluable. "The hair on the back of my neck stood up when the guys wouldn’t even look at the helicopter. I knew they were hiding something," 2nd Lt. J. Brent Martin Recently, soldiers of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, captured four Anti-Iraqi Forces and confiscated weapons during an air reconnaissance mission near Hawija, Iraq. According to...