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A U.S. Army soldier provides security while he talks to an Iraqi boy during a humanitarian mission at the Haifa School in Arab Jabour, Iraq, on Oct. 15, 2007. The mission is being accomplished by soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.

A U.S. Army soldier provides security while he talks to an Iraqi boy.

A U.S. Army soldier provides security while he talks to an Iraqi boy during a humanitarian mission at the Haifa School in Arab Jabour, Iraq, on Oct. 15, 2007. The mission is being accomplished by soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.

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