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“Sometimes, the picture you take is how you feel inside,” said Iraqi Col. Falah Hasan Khadhim, a brigade deputy commander in the Iraqi special operations forces, during the May 8 graduation ceremony. “It could be a picture of nature or the scene of a battlefield. The camera has more effect than the gun. Our duty is to our country,” he continued. “You are now fighting with two weapons: by your camera and by your gun.” Iraqi security forces are taking “shooting” to a new level as they learn to use cameras in their quest to bring security and stability to their country. Over the past six months, some Iraqi special weapons and tactics teams and Iraqi special operations forces have been learning how to combat terrorism and insurgency through the use of … Read entire article »