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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Eric Gitschlag questions a resident of the village of Fair al Jair, Iraq, on Dec. 16, 2007, about current insurgent activity and the May abduction of two U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division. Gitschlag is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 187th Infantry Regiment.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Eric Gitschlag questions a resident of the village of Fair al Jair, Iraq, on Dec. 16, 2007, about current insurgent activity and the May abduction of two U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division. Gitschlag is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 187th Infantry Regiment.

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