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Sheik Nouri Zabar Khamiss, head sheik of the Mada’in Qada, speaks to U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jack Marr during a tour of the al Mada’in General Hospital in Salman Pak, Iraq, Feb. 12, 2008. Marr is commander of the 15th Infantry Regiment's 1st Battalion.

TOURING THE AL MADA'IN

Sheik Nouri Zabar Khamiss, head sheik of the Mada’in Qada, speaks to U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jack Marr during a tour of the al Mada’in General Hospital in Salman Pak, Iraq, Feb. 12, 2008. Marr is commander of the 15th Infantry Regiment's 1st Battalion.

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