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soldiers of the First Battalion ,

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Eighth Infantry Regiment , Fourth

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Infantry Division patrols , future

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voter registration sites in eastern

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Mosul this week for the voters

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registration , uh they're , you know ,

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they're doing their own development ,

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our own democracy and most of the

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people don't aren't aware of what

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voting is or how to vote at all . So

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this is the process of within uh all of

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Missouri and all of Iraq , they're

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trying to campaign to everybody that's

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eligible to vote bill haven't

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registered , so they know where they're

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going to vote from and then when the

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elections happen later in the year ,

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they'll have a chance to go to those

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who don't have a chance to actually go

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and vote for the people that they're

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going to vote for . This is just a

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chance , basically . It's like a

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massive voter registration campaign ,

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is what is what this is . The U . S .

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Soldiers prepare to play a supportive

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role . While the Iraqi Army takes the

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lead in securing the areas for the

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registration site , um we're pretty

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much there to support them , you know ,

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if needed . But it's all my black lab ,

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Iraqi grand in Iraq driven . So

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uh you know , we're just there to

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support them . The implication of the

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voter registration sites for democratic

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growth in Iraq are visible in this

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particular mission . It's kind of like

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a way of spreading the democracy as a

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whole to the Iraqi people who have

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never been accustomed to any kind of

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elections , really have no idea what he

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is . Oh , never been explosive . So

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this is like their opportunity , I

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think for the government to once again

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show

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a democratic

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society is capable of open discussion

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being like a cornerstone of democracy .

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Though there are struggles and

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challenges that Iraq will have to

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overcome . This is one of the first

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steps being taken to approach a new

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democratic society , reporting from

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Mosul Iraq on specialist Alyssa Scott .