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A U.S. Army soldier with 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, collects biometric data from an Iraqi man's eye while on a patrol in Southern Baghdad, Aug. 5, 2007.

EYE SCAN

A U.S. Army soldier with 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, collects biometric data from an Iraqi man's eye while on a patrol in Southern Baghdad, Aug. 5, 2007.

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