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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Todd Allison chats with an Iraqi man from the Beida neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, during a cordon and knock mission March 1, 2008. Allison is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment.

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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Todd Allison chats with an Iraqi man from the Beida neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, during a cordon and knock mission March 1, 2008. Allison is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment.

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