How to un-sync the "Photo Library" album?

Ok my iphone 4 16g is totally full & there is almost 6g of photos.  The problem seems to be with a folder titled "Photo Library" which has a double of every single photo already on the phone.
How can I un-sync this folder so I can free up a ton of space?

The photos in Photo Library are not duplicates of the photos in the albums (folders) synced from your phone to your computer.  The actual photos are in Photo Library; the albums only contain links to the photos in Photo Library.  The same is true for Camera Roll.  It doesn't contain duplicates of any albums you create on your phone either.  The actual photos are in Camera Roll and the albums only contain links to these photos.
If you want to import the photos from Camera Roll to your computer and then delete them from your phone, see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083.  Syncing your phone doesn't touch the Camera Roll, except to include any photos there in the iPhone backup that is created/updated when you sync.

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