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In this Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004 image made from video, U.S. soldiers tend to an injured comrade as U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed their way into the center of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, Iraq, overwhelming small bands of guerrillas with massive force, searching homes along the city's deserted, narrow passageways and using loudspeakers to try to goad militants onto the streets. (AP Photo/APTN, Pool)
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Mourners and Sunni gunmen rally against Iraq's Shiite-led government during the funeral of a man killed when clashes erupted between al Qaeda gunmen and Iraqi soldiers in Fallujah on Friday. (Associated Press)
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In this Dec. 1, 2011 photo, U.S. servicemen fold the American flag after it was lowered during the handover ceremony of a military base in Basra, Iraq. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2010, file photo, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq. A burst of strength by al-Qaida that is chipping away at the remains of Mideast stability now confronts President Barack Obama, testing his hands-off approach to conflicts in Iraq and Syria at the same time he pushes to keep thousands of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The U.S. withdrawal at the end of 2011 was followed by a spike in sectarian violence and most recently, the alarming takeover of two cities by an al-Qaida affiliate known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, Pool)
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In this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 picture, a gunman aims his weapon during clashes with Iraqi security forces in Fallujah, Iraq. Clashes continued late Sunday and early morning Monday between al-Qaida and Iraqi troops on the main highway that links the capital, Baghdad, to neighboring Syria and Jordan. Al-Qaida fighters and allied tribes are still controlling the center of the city where they are deployed in streets and around government buildings. A burst of strength by al-Qaida that is chipping away at the remains of Mideast stability now confronts President Barack Obama, testing his hands-off approach to conflicts in Iraq and Syria at the same time he pushes to keep thousands of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. (AP Photo)
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This Jan. 7, 2014 photo from aerial video provided by the Iraq Defence Ministry, but which the authenticity of cannot be independently verified by The Associated Press, shows an ammunition dump on fire after being hit by an airstrike, in Anbar Province, Iraq. (AP Photo/Iraq Defence Ministry)
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Iraqi soldiers donate blood for victims of military operations in Anbar Province at the journalists syndicate Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Iraqi security forces and allies from Sunni tribes have been battling militants to recapture two key cities in Iraq's western Anbar province. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
