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A translator (center) explains instruction to Heidar Kareem (right), 19, on how to properly hold his weapon as his platoon sergeant, Udar Abd Al-Jabar Mahmood, 30, demonstrates in a weapons handling class taught by a U.S. soldier at the Iraqi National Guard's Alpha Bunker Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004, in Baghad. Oregon National Guardsmen with Second Battalion, 162nd Infantry, live at the bunker and train the Iraqis.
Photo by Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian
