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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kay Izumihara shakes hands with a local sheik in Kirkuk, Iraq, April 26, 2009. Izumihara is assigned to the 490th Civil Affairs Company, 321st Civil Affairs Brigade, 353rd Civil Affairs Command, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command.

SHEIK'S SHAKE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kay Izumihara shakes hands with a local sheik in Kirkuk, Iraq, April 26, 2009. Izumihara is assigned to the 490th Civil Affairs Company, 321st Civil Affairs Brigade, 353rd Civil Affairs Command, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command.

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