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just outside Camp Blue Diamond in

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Ramadi . Soldiers participate in a

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cooperative medical engagement with a

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local Iraqi doctor . Medics from First

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Battalion , sixth Infantry Regiment

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from Bomb holder Germany are working

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alongside an Iraqi police doctor to

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medically screened students at an all

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boys school . These types of missions

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are an important opportunity for

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soldiers to help a community that lives

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under the threat of terrorism . To

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understand why the Children are sick .

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First of all , you must understand that

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the conditions in Ramadi are bad

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because the terrorists are here .

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People are not allowed to go to the

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doctors in the hospital . This is the

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main reason why most of the Children

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are sick . The medical staff screen

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dozens of Children , but only minor

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medical problems . Uh mainly just a lot

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of runny noses , uh , cough , upper

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respiratory infections . Um , I don't

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know if that's a little bit of the

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change of the weather . Might be one of

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the virus is kind of um into this this

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season and kind of coming up really

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haven't seen a lot of , you know ,

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major dramatic medical problems .

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Soldiers took time to screen some adult

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workers at the school and hand out toys

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to the Children along with checking the

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health of students . Leaders hope the

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foster working relationship with the

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neighborhood shake . I think that's

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kind of the bigger picture of being

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able to have the interaction of local

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tribal leaders being able to uh for us

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to say , hey , you know , where these

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bad guys and then understanding that

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we're here to help them , they will be

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able to tell us , hey , you know ,

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these are , these are bad guys here

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because you know , you came in here ,

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you've helped us out now . We're gonna

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help you all out . The engagement is an

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important stepping stone and building a

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lasting relationship with the local

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community reporting from Ramadi Iraq .

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I'm specialist Kirk Fell