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U.S. Army soldiers wave and smile as they pass by two Iraqi women and a child during a neighborhood foot patrol in Mosul, Iraq, on April 12, 2006. The soldiers are attached to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army soldiers wave and smile as they pass by two Iraqi women and a child.

U.S. Army soldiers wave and smile as they pass by two Iraqi women and a child during a neighborhood foot patrol in Mosul, Iraq, on April 12, 2006. The soldiers are attached to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

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