Lt. Col. Monty Willoughby talks to class full of students and thanks them for their hard work and efforts during the opening ceremony of the Ibon Khaldon elementary school in the northwest Baghdad neighborhood of Kahdra, Oct. 20, 2008. Willoughby serves as the commander for the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division - Baghdad. In former al-Qaida stronghold, life beginning to return to normal 123732

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