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A U.S. Army soldier with the 172nd Stryker Brigade secures his sector at a traffic control point under the watchful eye of a young Iraqi boy looks on in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 6, 2005.

A U.S. Army soldier secures his sector at a traffic control point.

A U.S. Army soldier with the 172nd Stryker Brigade secures his sector at a traffic control point under the watchful eye of a young Iraqi boy looks on in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 6, 2005.

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