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US Marine Bruce Redick, from Charleston, South Carolina, with Bravo Company, holds a grenade found during a house-to-house search in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, some 50 kilometers west of capital Baghdad, 29 December 2004. Fallujah was the scene of heavy fighting between insurgents and US troops which forced many of the residents to flee and which caused heavy collateral damage.

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About South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Southern region of the United States. The Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. It was the first state to secede from the Union to found the Confederate States of America. The state is named after King Charles II of England, as Carolus is Latin for Charles. According to 2005 estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau, the state's population stands at 4,321,249.

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