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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Scott Lazarony, left, talks to one of his Iraqi National Police counterparts during Operation Boar Bobcats, a cordon and search mission in Muhallah 762 in Oubaidy, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2008. Lazarony is assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Scott Lazarony, left, talks to one of his Iraqi National Police counterparts during Operation Boar Bobcats, a cordon and search mission in Muhallah 762 in Oubaidy, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2008. Lazarony is assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.

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