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Iraqi National Police wait while U.S. Army soldiers pay members of the U.S. contracted security group Ibnaa al-Iraq (Sons of Iraq) at Al Qanat Joint Security Station, Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 29, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade.

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Iraqi National Police wait while U.S. Army soldiers pay members of the U.S. contracted security group Ibnaa al-Iraq (Sons of Iraq) at Al Qanat Joint Security Station, Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 29, 2008. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade.

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