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UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Soldiers from the 1404th Transportation Company, 180th Transportation Battalion, 52nd Sustainment Brigade, begin to convoy south to Kuwait, at Camp Taji, in central Iraq, Aug. 22, 2009. The convoy is part of the beginning of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team's re- deployment , as well as the U.S. Military's drawdown of forces in Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Specialist David M. Sharp/Released) 090822-A-0855S-127 UNCLASSIFIED Soldiers from the Iraqi Army speak to U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, during a mission to investigate known areas of indirect mortar fire outside Forward Operating Base McHenry, in northern Iraq, Aug. 23, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Canaan Radcliffe/Released) 090823-A-3250R-010 UNCLASSIFIED Salah ad Din Provincial councilman Muhammad Hassan Atyyah (left) and David Stewert (center), Salah ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Lead, wait to greet invited guests prior to an Iftar Dinner hosted by the PRT on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, in northern Iraq, Aug. 23, 2009. The Iftar dinner is the traditional evening meal when Muslims break their daily fast during the Islamic hlholy month thfR of Ramad an.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luke P. Thelen/Released) 090823-F-3803T-012 UNCLASSIFIED David Stewert, Team Lead for the Salah ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), speaks to local provincial Sheikhs, PRT members, and 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team leaders after an Iftar Dinner hosted by the PRT on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, in northern Iraq, Aug. 23, 2009. The Iftar dinner is the traditional evening meal when Muslims break their daily fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luke P. Thelen/Released) 090823-F-3803T-051 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, wait for the local Mukhtar - village leader - to arrive during a mission to distribute micro-grants to the people of the village of Al Hamrania, Iraq, Aug. 24, 2009.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Canaan Radcliffe/Released) 090824-A-3250R-015 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Army Spc. Brian Witt, from Panama City, Fla., assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, scans the local Mukhtar's – village leader’s - fingerprints during a mission to distribute micro-grants to the people of the village of Al Hamrania, Iraq, Aug. 24, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Canaan Radcliffe/Released) 090824-A-3250R-029 UNCLASSIFIED Iraqi women learn how to sew at the Jamia Tribal Support Council building, in Baghdad Province, Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 25, 2009. The building serves as a training center, where local women and youth can learn both sewing and computer skills.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Edwin L. Wriston/Released) 090825-N-9797W-087 UNCLASSIFIED An Iraqi soldier walks the street during a joint patrol with U.S. Soldiers of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, outside Forward Operating Base Falcon, near Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2009.

(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Benjamin Boren/Released) 090827-A-8836B-003 UNCLASSIFIED Iraqi soldiers scan the area during a joint patrol with U.S. Soldiers of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, outside Forward Operating Base Falcon, near Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2009.

(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Benjamin Boren/Released) 090827-A-8836B-008 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Army 1st Lt. Julie Leggett (left), Executive Officer for Security Detachment, 25th Special Troops Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, and Iraqi Police officers from Sequor Police Station, talk with a chicken farm owner during a micro-grant project survey, to assess his needs for making the business more productive, near Tikrit, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luke P. Thelen/Released) 090827-F-3803T-031 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED