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LEIPHEIM, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 21: A Finnish soldier patrols a military checkpoint on November 21, 2006 in Leipheim near Ulm, Germany. Germany, the Netherlands and Finland are working together to strengthen European rapid response capabilities, based on the EU (European Union) Battlegroups concept, by providing a fully operational, multinational military unit for the EU during the first half of 2007. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

LEIPHEIM, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 21:  A Finnish soldier patrols a military checkpoint on November 21, 2006 in Leipheim near Ulm, Germany. Germany, the Netherlands and Finland are working together to strengthen European rapid response capabilities, based on the EU (European Union) Battlegroups concept, by providing a fully operational, multinational military unit for the EU during the first half of 2007.  (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)