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Iraqi army Capt. Tamal Slaar Ahmeed, platoon leader for the 2nd Platoon, 2nd Company, 4th Battalion, 4th Iraqi Army Division, hands a child a storybook during a joint patrol in Sulihiyah, Iraq, Nov. 11, 2006.

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Iraqi army Capt. Tamal Slaar Ahmeed, platoon leader for the 2nd Platoon, 2nd Company, 4th Battalion, 4th Iraqi Army Division, hands a child a storybook during a joint patrol in Sulihiyah, Iraq, Nov. 11, 2006.

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