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U.S. and Iraqi soldiers visit an election polling station in the Al Karama neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 24, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Brigade, 3rd Military Transition Team.

U.S. and Iraqi soldiers visit an election polling station in the Al Karama neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 24, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Brigade, 3rd Military Transition Team.

U.S. and Iraqi soldiers visit an election polling station in the Al Karama neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 24, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Brigade, 3rd Military Transition Team.

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