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U.S. Army Col. Gary Johnston, the commander of Gulf Region South, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, gives the school headmaster a coin following the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Salah Hadi Obid Elementary School in Afak, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2006.

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U.S. Army Col. Gary Johnston, the commander of Gulf Region South, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, gives the school headmaster a coin following the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Salah Hadi Obid Elementary School in Afak, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2006.

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