Here are a few pictures of Iraqi children at school and their interaction with an American soldier.

An Iraqi child poses for her picture at the Al A Alahbab school in Jaeffer, Iraq, April 21. Photo by Senior Airman Daniel Owen

An Iraqi child sits on a table at the Al A Alahbab school in Jaeffer, Iraq, April 21. Photo by Senior Airman Daniel Owen

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Mike Bennet, member of the 8th Military Police Brigade, a native of Charleston, Mass., demonstrates how to blow bubbles for the children at the Al A Alahbab school in Jaeffer, Iraq, April 21. Photo by Senior Airman Daniel Owen

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Mike Bennet, member of the 8th Military Police Brigade, a native of Charleston, Mass., helps an Iraqi boy blow bubbles at the Al A Alahbab school in Jaeffer, Iraq, April 21. Photo by Senior Airman Daniel Owen

SATTACK, Iraq (October 13, 2008) – Navy Lt. Chris Owston, a Medical Officer with Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, checks an Iraqi girl’s throat, Oct. 13. At the request of the local city council, Owston evaluated more than 40 children and was pleased to find no signs of malnourishment or poor health. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Schmidt)

Photographer: Sgt. James Hunter
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

Life at Baghdad Zoo Returning to Normal With Stable Security

An Iraqi child passes by a road block being maintained by the 101st Airborne Division, 1st Battalion, 187 Infantry Regiment, while making sure none of his sheep run away in Al Sadr Yusifiyah, Iraq on July 12, 2008.

An Iraqi man and his daughter purchase produce from a vendor at the Ma’ash Market in the neighborhood of Al Yarmook, Mosul, Iraq on July 14, 2008.

A young Iraqi boy delivers wheat sugar to the People’s Market on an assignment in the Jamilla Market area of the Sadr City District of Baghdad, on July 12.

Two Iraqi girls celebrate after painting a t-wall at Forward Operating Base War Eagle in northern Baghdad, March 29. During the day, children of the village next to War Eagle, who were between the ages 2 and 12, painted their artwork on the t-wall that line the way to their school.

An Iraqi child paints a design on t-wall as others watch, March 29, at Forward Operating Base War Eagle. The children were invited to paint the t-wall they walk by daily on their way to school. (Photo/Capt. Walter Zurkowski)

Iraqi Children Demonstrate Artistic Skills