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An Iraqi soldier distributes food to a crowd of Iraqi people while they wait for medical care at an abandoned school in Sadr City, Baghdad, May 8, 2008. More than 250 people arrived to receive assistance.

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An Iraqi soldier distributes food to a crowd of Iraqi people while they wait for medical care at an abandoned school in Sadr City, Baghdad, May 8, 2008. More than 250 people arrived to receive assistance.

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