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A group of Iraqi children look on as a U.S. soldier practices balancing a plate of bread on his head in the Jameela market area of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 6th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, which is attached to Task Force Regulars.

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A group of Iraqi children look on as a U.S. soldier practices balancing a plate of bread on his head in the Jameela market area of the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 6th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, which is attached to Task Force Regulars.

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