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U.S. Army Spc. Kidney, of 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, Headquarters Troop, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, holds the reins of a horse as other soldiers investigate a man they think is selling propane illegally from a horse cart during a patrol in the Palestine Market in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 24, 2008. Soldiers surveyed shop owners to increase the safety and security of the market.

Spc. Kidney holds the reins of a horse.

U.S. Army Spc. Kidney, of 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, Headquarters Troop, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, holds the reins of a horse as other soldiers investigate a man they think is selling propane illegally from a horse cart during a patrol in the Palestine Market in Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 24, 2008. Soldiers surveyed shop owners to increase the safety and security of the market.

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