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Iraqi National Police officers partnered with paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team to conduct security operations outside a polling station in eastern Baghdad, Jan. 31, 2009. The U.S. soldiers assisted Iraqi security forces during the provincial elections.

POLLING STATION

Iraqi National Police officers partnered with paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team to conduct security operations outside a polling station in eastern Baghdad, Jan. 31, 2009. The U.S. soldiers assisted Iraqi security forces during the provincial elections.

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