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From the archives: A soldier checks a woman at a polling station in Ramadi, 2005
Stars and Stripes
November 22, 2025
(Joseph Giordono/Stars and Stripes)
Ramadi, Iraq, Jan. 30 2005: Sgt. LaTasha Boyd, of the 2nd Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, does a security check on the first female voter at one of the polling stations in Ramadi, Iraq. Security concerns in the city were expected to keep voter turnout low.