There are unlimited opportunities to interact with locals and practice the language skills learned in the classroom.

这里有很多机会与当地相互作用，并在教室内练习语言能力。

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Interact with the locals more, find out who the bad guys are - but more importantly, protect the population, separate them from the insurgents.

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An ambitious plan, advanced by Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish council member, is to get the coalition's soldiers out of the business of day-to-day urban administration and security, and to turn it over to Iraqis, who can interact more smoothly with the locals.

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