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**APN ADVANCE FOR NOV 23** The sanctuary of St. Elijah's Monastery, which sits on Forward Operating Base Marez is seen in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. In a country where Christians have become a threatened and dwindling minority, U.S. forces are safeguarding a 1,400-year-old monastery -- Iraq's most ancient -- against a time when peace, reconciliation and archaeological detective work may occur.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)