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A soldier from the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, plays rock, paper, scissors with an Iraqi boy during a combined medical engagement at a clinic in Buhrez, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2008.

A soldier plays rock, paper, scissors with an Iraqi boy.

A soldier from the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, plays rock, paper, scissors with an Iraqi boy during a combined medical engagement at a clinic in Buhrez, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2008.

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