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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Samson Barini, assigned to Charlie 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, tries to communicate with a small Iraqi boy, as they sit in the court yard of the Manara primary school, north of Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 24. (US Army photo via army.mil.)
