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Smoke rises from Islamic state positions after an airstrike by coalition forces in Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Iraqi government and Kurdish forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition air and ground support, launched coordinated military operations early on Monday as the long-awaited fight to wrest the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State fighters got underway.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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U.S. soldiers (left) participate in a training mission with Iraqi army soldiers outside Baghdad on May 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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