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English: A massive dust storm cloud ( haboob ) is close to enveloping a military camp as it rolls over Al Asad, Iraq , just before nightfall on April 27, 2005. DoD photo by Corporal Alicia M. Garcia, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

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Taken on 27 April 2005

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Arya Barznji M. Baghdad, Iraqi National Republian Guard Corps.

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27 April 2005