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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Minister of Defense Abdul Qadir Mohammed Jasim walk past a group of Iraqi army soldiers during Iraqi Army Day, a celebration marking the 86th birthday of the Iraqi army, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2007.

IRAQI ARMY

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Minister of Defense Abdul Qadir Mohammed Jasim walk past a group of Iraqi army soldiers during Iraqi Army Day, a celebration marking the 86th birthday of the Iraqi army, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2007.

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