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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dean Hills of Live Oak, Fla., attached to 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, asks Iraqi boys their names at a village in Kirkuk, Iraq, on June 19, 2009. U.S., Coalition and Iraqi security forces are working together to locate and capture Iraqis suspected of terrorist activities in and around the province of Kirkuk, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bobby L. Allen, Jr./Released) 090619-A-6884A-080

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A U.S. Soldier attached to 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, attempts to remove stitches from an Iraqi boy's hand at a village in Kirkuk, Iraq, on June 19, 2009. U.S., Coalition and Iraqi security forces are working together to locate and capture Iraqis suspected of terrorist activities in and around the province of Kirkuk, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bobby L. Allen, Jr./Released) 090619-A-6884A-088

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An Iraqi soldier provides security during a transfer of authority ceremony of Joint Security Station Oubaidy, in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on June 20, 2009. Control of the joint security station is being transferred from the U.S. Army, 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division to the Iraqi National Police. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick/Released) 090620-A-4676S-303

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A representative of the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Louis Zeisman from Fayetteville, N.C., Commander of 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, sign paperwork transferring control of Joint Security Station Oubaidy, in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, from the U.S. Army to the Iraqi National Police, on June 20, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick/Released) 090620-A-4676S-414

U S Soldiers of Alpha Company 2nd Battalion 505th Parachute InfantryU.S. Soldiers of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and Iraqi National Police of 8th Brigade, 2nd Division, stand in formation during a transfer of authority ceremony of Joint Security Station Oubaidy, in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on June 20, 2009. Control of the joint security station is being transferred from the U.S. Army to the Iraqi National Police.

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(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick/Released) 090620-A-4676S-466

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Bret Bruen, a Public Diplomacy Officer from the U.S. State Department and member of the Salah ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), greets Ahmed Abedulkerrm Mohammed, an Iraqi interpreter for the PRT, prior to setting up a new Learning Abroad Center within the library in Tikrit, Iraq, on June 22, 2009. The Learning Abroad Center will afford students opportunities to learn about colleges worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luke P. Thelen/Released) 090622-F-3803T-007

U.S. Army Spc. Alan Brackett from Greensboro, N.C., with the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, sets up computers for the new Learning Abroad Center located within the Central Library of Tikrit University in Tikrit, Iraq, on June 22, 2009. The new Learning Abroad Center will afford university students opportunities to learn about colleges located worldwide through resources such as books, pamphlets, and computers

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donated by the PRT.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luke P. Thelen/Released) 090622-F-3803T-018

U.S. Army Spc. Rob Holmes from Edgecomb, Maine, with Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, poses for a photo with an Iraqi boy in Al Alam, Iraq, on June 23,

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(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luke P. Thelen/Released) 090623-F-3803T-007

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Edwardo Juarez from Oxnard, Calif., with Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, greets an Iraqi man in Al Alam, Iraq, on June 23, 2009.

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U.S. Army Capt. Jeff Fuller (right) from West Lafayette, Ohio, with Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, discusses details for an upcoming Iraqi Police ceremony with Al Alam District Police Commander, Col. Ibrahim KhalafMutlak (center), in Al Alam, Iraq, on June 23, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luke P. Thelen/Released) 090623-F-3803T-023

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