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Iraqi school girls sing in Arabic to thank the Iraqi and U.S. forces for their gifts of school supplies to the Al Kays and Al Yasameen elementary school in Oubaidy, Iraq, Feb. 19, 2009.

SONG OF THANKS

Iraqi school girls sing in Arabic to thank the Iraqi and U.S. forces for their gifts of school supplies to the Al Kays and Al Yasameen elementary school in Oubaidy, Iraq, Feb. 19, 2009.

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