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Army Lt. Col. John Kolasheski, commander of 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, gives Mahmud Jabllawe, the leader of the Sons of Iraq group in Tuwaitha, a small village east of Baghdad, a house-warming gift before their meeting at Jabllawe’s house, March 21, 2008. Photo by Spc. Ben Hutto, USA

Army Lt. Col. John Kolasheski, commander of 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, gives Mahmud Jabllawe, the leader of the Sons of Iraq group in Tuwaitha, a small village east of Baghdad, a house-warming gift before their meeting at Jabllawe’s house, March 21, 2008. Photo by Spc. Ben Hutto, USA

Army Lt. Col. John Kolasheski, commander of 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, gives Mahmud Jabllawe, the leader of the Sons of Iraq group in Tuwaitha, a small village east of Baghdad, a house-warming gift before their meeting at Jabllawe’s house, March 21, 2008. Photo by Spc. Ben Hutto, USA

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