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An Iraqi soldier with the Iraqi Army’s 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 7th Division, and a policeman from the 17th Street Security Station Police Detachment pose for photos with local Iraqi children during a joint patrol in the Thaylat District of Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on Jan. 24.

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An Iraqi soldier with the Iraqi Army’s 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 7th Division, and a policeman from the 17th Street Security Station Police Detachment pose for photos with local Iraqi children during a joint patrol in the Thaylat District of Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on Jan. 24.

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