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A U.S. Marine and a translator ask Iraqi women about activities in their neighborhood during a patrol in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on April 19, 2006. The Marine is attached to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

A U.S. Marine and a translator ask Iraqi women about activities in their neighborhood.

A U.S. Marine and a translator ask Iraqi women about activities in their neighborhood during a patrol in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on April 19, 2006. The Marine is attached to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

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