<p>This is an Iraqi Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifle found by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), while searching for insurgents and weapon caches during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah" class="extiw" title="w:Second Battle of Fallujah">Operation AL FAJR</a>, which was an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah" class="extiw" title="w:Fallujah">Fallujah</a>, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" class="extiw" title="w:Iraq War">Operation IRAQI FREEDOM</a>.
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Location: FALLUJAH, AL ANBAR IRAQ (IRQ)
CPL JOEL A. CHAVERRI, USMC
2004-11-09
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