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U.S. Army Spc. Patrick McDougall, of 2nd Squadron, Bravo Company, 7th Cavalry Regiment, uses a Hand-held Interagency Identity Detection Equipment System to record information on a local Iraqi man near Mahmudiyah, Iraq, on Apr. 3, 2010.

Spc. Patrick McDougall uses a Hand-held Interagency Identity Detection Equipment System.

U.S. Army Spc. Patrick McDougall, of 2nd Squadron, Bravo Company, 7th Cavalry Regiment, uses a Hand-held Interagency Identity Detection Equipment System to record information on a local Iraqi man near Mahmudiyah, Iraq, on Apr. 3, 2010.

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