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U.S. Army Cpl. Michael Inocencio, right, talks with an Iraqi child, Dec. 17, 2006, during a combined cordon and search operation being conducted with Iraqi army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, in Baghdad, Iraq.

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U.S. Army Cpl. Michael Inocencio, right, talks with an Iraqi child, Dec. 17, 2006, during a combined cordon and search operation being conducted with Iraqi army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, in Baghdad, Iraq.

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