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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travers Brake, left, thanks Mohammad Ahmed, one of the elders of the Zwaynat village southwest of Baghdad, for meeting with him, Sept. 16, 2009. Brake met with Ahmed to check on the well-being of the villagers since explosives were found in the area a week earlier.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travers Brake, left, thanks Mohammad Ahmed, one of the elders of the Zwaynat village southwest of Baghdad, for meeting with him, Sept. 16, 2009. Brake met with Ahmed to check on the well-being of the villagers since explosives were found in the area a week earlier.

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