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Poster for 1995's "Tank Girl," via MoviePoster.com (MoviePoster.com)
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FILE - In this file photo provided on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a lineup of Russian troops is held before withdrawal at Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Russia claimed Friday, June 16, 2017 it killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an airstrike on a meeting of IS leaders just outside the IS de facto capital in Syria. The Russian Defense Ministry said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian strike in late May along with other senior group commanders. (Vadim Grishankin/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, file)
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FILE - In this file image made from video provided by Russian Defence Ministry press service on Aug. 18, 2016, shows a Russian combat fighter bomber Su-34 unloads its bombs over a target in Syria. The Russian military claims it has killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an airstrike. The ministry said Friday, June 16, 2017, that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian strike in late May along with other senior group commanders. (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service photo via AP, File)
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This file image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq during his first public appearance. The Russian military claims it has killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an airstrike. The ministry said Friday, June 16, 2017, that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian strike in late May along with other senior group commanders. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)
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In this April 22, 2017, file photo, an Afghan national Army stands guard at a checkpoint in the Kabul-Jalalabad highway on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Pentagon will send almost 4,000 additional American forces to Afghanistan, a Trump administration official said June 15, hoping to break a stalemate in a war that has now passed to a third U.S. commander-in-chief. The deployment will be the largest of American manpower under Donald Trump’s young presidency. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
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In this photo provided by the United Nations, the United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on the situation in the Middle East, Thursday, June 15, 2017 at United Nations Headquarters. (Kim Haughton/The United Nations via AP) ** FILE **
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Members of the Weapons Operations Division Salute Battery fire howitzers during a Change of Command ceremony at YPG, 25 miles north of Yuma, Ariz., Thursday, June 15, 2017. Matthews replaces outgoing YTC commander Lt. Col. James DeBoer. Yuma Proving Ground is a U.S. Army facility and one of the largest military installations in the world. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 17-In this Thursday, June 8, 2017, photograph, John Tripp, a veteran of World War II who served in the famed 10th Mountain Division, looks over some memorabilia from his years in the military in his home in Carbondale, Colo. (Anna Stonehouse/The Aspen Times via AP)
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FILE - In this Saturday, June 11, 2016 file photo, French police officers charge soccer supporters during clashes in downtown Marseille, France. Russian President Vladimir Putin has imposed a package of security measures, but faces criticism from observers who say his order could hamper ordinary Russians' lives and stifle protests. The June 17-July 2 Confederations Cup has four host cities and next year's World Cup will have 11. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)
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Britain's defense minister Michael Fallon speaks during a press conference at the Romanian defense ministry in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, June 15, 2017. British defense minister says Russian aggression to NATO is increasing and the alliance was right to have agreed to a "very high readiness task force."(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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FILE -- In this Dec. 28, 2001 file photo, an Afghan farmer works on his field, on the outskirts of the village of Madakhel in northeastern Afghanistan, near the mountain region of Tora Bora which is seen in the background. An Afghan official says Islamic State fighters have captured some territory around Tora Bora, the former stronghold of Osama bin Laden in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. (AP Photo/Enric Marti, File)
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Britain's Defense Minister Michael Fallon speaks backdropped by a RAF Typhoon fighter jet at the Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in Romania, Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Britain's defense minister praised Romanian and British pilots for protecting the Black Sea region from "the persistent threat of Russian aggression," saying that Britain remains committed to NATO and the European security.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A Romanian serviceman furls the NATO flag after Britain's Defense Minister Michael Fallon's visit at the Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in Romania, Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Britain's defense minister praised Romanian and British pilots for protecting the Black Sea region from "the persistent threat of Russian aggression," saying that Britain remains committed to NATO and the European security.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A mother whose daughter was shot in the head by attackers during a militant attack on a restaurant, grieves in Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, June 15, 2017. Somalia's security forces early Thursday morning ended a night-long siege by al-Shabab Islamic extremists at the popular "Pizza House" restaurant in the capital. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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FILE - In this Thursday Jan. 6, 2011 file photo, a traditional dhow floats in the Corniche Bay of Doha, Qatar, with tall buildings of the financial district in the background. Qatar says it has pulled all of its troops from the border of Djibouti and Eritrea, East African nations that have a long-running territorial dispute which Doha had helped mediate. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin was denounced for aggressions including the annexation of Crimea, intervention in the Syrian civil war, meddling in Ukraine and threatening NATO countries. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this June 13, 2017 file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mattis said Wednesday, June 14, 2017, he can now set U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan after receiving the authority from President Donald Trump. It’s a break from past practice that Mattis said will enable him to more effectively manage the war effort. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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FILE - In this file picture taken Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, Abdul-Hamid Khatib, right, and his wife Hasnaa, second right, and their grandchildren look down from their apartment balcony in the once rebel-held Ansari neighborhood in the eastern Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
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FILE - In this file picture taken Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 from the balcony of the Abdul-Hamid Khatib home, people walk through mounds of rubble which used to be high rise apartment buildings in the once rebel-held Ansari neighborhood in the eastern Aleppo, Syria.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017, AND THEREAFTER- This June 6, 2017, photo shows an occupied wing of Mount Carmel Assisted Living in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Courtney Sacco/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
