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An Iraqi army soldier from the 8th Iraqi Army Division leads an Iraqi woman to the distribution point during a Civil-Military Cooperation distribution of care packages to Iraqi civilians in the city of Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2008.

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An Iraqi army soldier from the 8th Iraqi Army Division leads an Iraqi woman to the distribution point during a Civil-Military Cooperation distribution of care packages to Iraqi civilians in the city of Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2008.

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